Padilla on Sona absence: Not a protest; I don't want to offend my friend

WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robin Padilla on Monday, July 27, explained why he won't attend the fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Padilla, who skipped last year's Sona as a protest against the detention of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, pointed

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