Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Special Events chief Emmanuel Miro on Saturday said exactly 1,329 personnel will be deployed during the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
In a news forum in Quezon City, Miro said the MMDA personnel would help in aiding the traffic situation during the SONA.”
This includes handling traffic, managing parking, clearing operations, and our technical team who will monitor the highways,” Miro said.
Traffic measures will be implemented in key Quezon City areas, including Luzon Avenue, Tandang Sora, and Ever Gotesco, which will conduct road and sidewalk clearing along the highways leading to the Batasang Pambansa Complex.
Miro said that a final coordination meeting with Congress, the Senate, and the Office of the President is scheduled, along with a meeting with the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to finalize security plans and deployments.
Moreover, Miro said the security for the President’s third SONA on July 22 is already 100-percent ready.
“I’m not the right person for security. But as part of the security interagency, it seems like everything is okay. It looks like we’re a hundred-percent good,” Miro said.
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said it would enforce a single-day gun ban on July 22 as part of its security measures for the President’s third SONA.
“This suspension is a precautionary measure to ensure public safety and security during the event,” a PNP advisory read.
Last week, the PNP said it would deploy approximately 22,000 cops to ensure the safety and order of the upcoming SONA.
