MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that it had not detected any threat to security as far as the State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is concerned.

The President is set to deliver his third SONA on July 22.

PNP chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, who was the special guest at the 2nd PNP Press Corps Invitational Shootfest in Camp Karingal, Quezon City, said that while there was no threat, they were refining traffic management plans to minimize inconvenience to the public after the SONA. Marbil also said that there would be designated areas for protests and that law enforcers would exercise "maximum tolerance."

"There is nothing to worry about, there is no problem, but what I said is they can go on with their protests but make sure they don't cause inconvenience," he said.

"It's the public who is burdened here. It's a problem created by both the rallyists and the excessive deployment of security forces," said Marbil. Marbil directed police officers to minimize the inconvenience caused by checkpoints and dismissed misconceptions that only motorcycle riders were being targeted. "I guess it's more of traffic that's why you think only the motorcycles are being checked. There are also cars except that you don't see them," he said. Under Article 7, Section 23 of the Constitution, the President is required to "address Congress at the opening of its regular session."

The SONA is being done every year, or the last Monday of July.

The president is expected to give a detailed report on the state of the country, and will task the agenda to Congress.

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