Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar will conduct her State of the City Address (SOCA) for 2021 virtually at the Sangguniang Panlungsod due to the pandemic, Coronavirus Disease 2019.
Atty. Rommel Agan, Vice Mayor told RPN DXXX, the initial plan is only department heads will be invited. All other guests will be thru virtual attendance.
The city secretary already started the preparations. However, this year, there will be lesser preparations since limited capacity will be observed for the SOCA.
Aside from these, the City Secretary is still coordinating with City Hall for mayor’s preferred schedule.
During Salazar’s SOCA, she is expected to report her accomplishments for 2020 and plans for 2021.
Salazar is also expected to report especially when it comes to Security, Health, and Education (SHE) which is the banner program of her administration.
Before, during SOCA, hundreds of guests are expected to witness the SOCA which includes different sectors such as city department heads, religious, academe, business, NGO, regional directors, and former officials of the City, barangay officials. The two congressmen, Cesar Jimenez Jr and Manuel Jose Dalipe are also invited.
This will be the seventh time Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar will give her speech during the SOCA as City Mayor. (R.G. Antonet A. Go)
(Source: Interview with Atty. Rommel Agan, Vice Mayor)