Philippine Military Academy cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia has until Mar. 19 to submit a position paper on his dismissal for allegedly violating the academy’s honor code, Presidential Communications Operations Office head Herminio Coloma Jr. said Sunday.
In an interview over government-run dzRB, Coloma said Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Emmanuel Bautista met with Cudia on Feb. 24 and gave the cadet until the next day to submit his appeal. That deadline was moved to Mar. 4, and again to Mar. 19.
“Sa pananaw po ng AFP, ito ay isang magandang pagkakataon para sa kanya na maipaliwanag nang buo ang kanyang posisyon. At ang gabay naman po na ginagamit ng AFP sa paghawak ng kaso ni Cadet Cudia ay ‘yung katotohanan at patas na pagtingin,” he said, citing a statement by AFP spokesperson Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala
The Cudia family did not provide copies of the supposed statements.
The PMA’s Honor Code states: “We, the cadets, do not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate among us those who do so.”
Cudia’s dismissal from the PMA was widely discussed on social media after his sister posted about it on Facebook. The post gained more than 17,000 shares before it was taken down. — JDS, GMA News
