#SONA2015 | Defiance in face of lies, repression (Photos)
Outside Batasan Pambansa, tens of thousands braved the torrential rain, the pre-SONA threats and intimidation by state forces, and of course, the police barricade that virtually became a garrison in the middle of Commonwealth Avenue, to register intense dissatisfaction with the country's state of affairs under Aquino. Inside, meanwhile, people's representatives were equally defiant.