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‘There’s room for PMA honor code improvement’
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—There’s room for improvement in the Philippine Military Academy’s enforcement of its Honor Code but cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia is not completely blameless for his failure to graduate—as a Commission on Human Rights (CHR) report has made out—according to Magdalo party-list Rep. Francisco Ashley Acedillo.

Acedillo, a former Philippine Air Force pilot and a PMA graduate himself, said the academy’s way of enforcing the Honor Code—which is handled by the cadets—may have its low points at times and could stand to be strengthened.

For instance, he said, it would be good to have someone with a legal background oversee procedures, since these have been challenged in the courts.“Probably it’s time for that. Recourse to our courts has been more frequently pursued this time,” Acedillo said in a phone interview.

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