Batasang Pambansa Building (File photo) MANILA - On June 30, 2022, incoming President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., or BBM (Bongbong Marcos) for short, will take his oath as the 17th president of the Philippines. Twenty-five days later, on July 25, he will deliver his maiden State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) at the joint opening of the 19th Congress composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with Section 23, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution that provides: "The President shall address the Congress at the opening of its regular session." If he wishes, PBBM can mention in his speech with utmost pride that the Batasang Pambansa building, site of the House of Representatives at the Batasan Hills in Quezon City, was among the legacies of his father, the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr., the country's 10th president (1965-1986). As remembered by this writer, it was during the reign of Marcos Sr. when that building was completed in 1978 aft