Senator Bong Go said that former President Rodrigo Duterte will skip the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos which will be held today, July 24.
In an ambush interview prior to the opening of the Second Regular Session of the 19th Congress in the Senate, Go mentioned that Duterte just arrived in Davao last Saturday after his trip to China.
Go previously served as a special assistant to Duterte before he was elected senator in the 2019 election.
Duterte, who skipped Marcos' first SONA last year, was in Beijing last week, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, reportedly to continue to promote cooperation between the two countries.
Marcos earlier said he was aware of Duterte's trip to China.
He also said he welcomes any new line of communication with the Asian power amid issues in the South China Sea.
