A female staff of Rep. Leila de Lima (Mamamayang Liberal Party-list) expressed gratitude to the lawmaker for taking care of her appearance for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s penultimate State of the Nation Address.
Rachelyn Montero shared photos of her look for the fifth SONA on Monday, July 27, crediting De Lima for helping prepare her appearance.
“Gaano kami kamahal ng boss namin? S’ya lang naman nag pa-hair and make-up sa aming gorls [girls],” she said on social media.
De Lima, meanwhile, wore a beige Filipiniana dress paired with a matching cream-colored scarf for the SONA. Her look was completed with styled hair.
Montero shared the post on Facebook with emojis.
Lawmakers and other guests attended Marcos’ fifth SONA, as he enters the final two years of his presidency.
The event also marked the opening of the 20th Congress.
During his address, Marcos called for the scrapping of system loss charges in electricity bills, raised the possibility of revisiting nuclear energy production, highlighted the advantages of the controversial Pax Silica Industrial Hub and shared a rocket-launching initiative with a South Korean company, among others announcements.
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