From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 13): President Aquino now studying dismissed PMA cadet’s appeal -- Palace
Malacanang on Thursday said the Office of the President (OP) is currently studying the appeal made by dismissed Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet, Aldrin Jeff Cudia.
“The Office of the President is currently studying the appeal,” said Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. in a Palace media briefing.
“The PMA Honor Code is an essential building block on the character formation of future leaders and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),” he added.
Cudia was accused of lying (a violation of the PMA Honor Code) after being two minutes late for one of his classes. He was then voted for dismissal by the Honor Committee.
He is currently not part of the list of graduating PMA cadets and would have graduated salutatorian. Graduation rites is scheduled March 16.
The final decision on whether Cudia gets to join the PMA graduation rites or not, lies with the military’s commander-in-chief, President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Coloma said the basis of the PMA Honor Code is to “prepare and fortify the mindset and the value set of the prospective Armed Forces officer.”
“...These will eventually be put to a severe test in the battlefield and arenas of conflict, where the officer will be deployed upon commissioning,” the PCOO chief said.
“Truth and fairness are the primary guideposts in deciding this appeal,” he added.
Coloma also stressed that it was President Aquino himself who was reviewing the appeal.
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Malacanang on Thursday said the Office of the President (OP) is currently studying the appeal made by dismissed Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet, Aldrin Jeff Cudia.
“The Office of the President is currently studying the appeal,” said Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. in a Palace media briefing.
“The PMA Honor Code is an essential building block on the character formation of future leaders and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),” he added.
Cudia was accused of lying (a violation of the PMA Honor Code) after being two minutes late for one of his classes. He was then voted for dismissal by the Honor Committee.
He is currently not part of the list of graduating PMA cadets and would have graduated salutatorian. Graduation rites is scheduled March 16.
The final decision on whether Cudia gets to join the PMA graduation rites or not, lies with the military’s commander-in-chief, President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Coloma said the basis of the PMA Honor Code is to “prepare and fortify the mindset and the value set of the prospective Armed Forces officer.”
“...These will eventually be put to a severe test in the battlefield and arenas of conflict, where the officer will be deployed upon commissioning,” the PCOO chief said.
“Truth and fairness are the primary guideposts in deciding this appeal,” he added.
Coloma also stressed that it was President Aquino himself who was reviewing the appeal.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=625201