IN his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not grapple with the nation’s crisis of governance with sufficient seriousness and urgency. As a result, he frittered away the SONA’s proven potential as a platform for national reform and renewal. He came away from the address without a plan to bring closure to the multiple crises and scandals eating away at the nation’s vitals, no program for the whole of government to execute and follow,