Palace open to amending hazing law
alaca an is open to proposals to amend the nti- a - in aw to ive it more teeth and prevent further incidents of violent initiation rites in colle es and universities
f there are efforts to amend the law a ainst ha in in on ress, the overnment, throu h the epartment of ustice and other a encies, is willin to help and cooperate to ma e it more effective, residential ommunications Operations Office Secretar erminio oloma said dur- in a wee end interview over dzRB.
a e it s a out time to remind us that we should not allow these thin s to happen in allowin our children to oin such or ani ations practicin
hazing, he said
oloma made the statement in re s onse to calls to im ro e the year old nti azing a or e ublic ct follo ing the death of uillo esar er ando, a so homore student of e a alle ni ersity ollege of aint enilde ho succumbed to multi le in uries he sustained during initiation rites of the au amma hi fraternity in a ati ity last ee
t the same time, oloma called on la enforcement agencies to intensify their ongoing in estigation on the death of er ando
ustice has to be ser ed and let those accountable be brought to the bar of us tice, oloma said
resident uino, ho e er, sees no need for the go ernment to im ose a total ban on fraternities in uni ersities and colleges
don t thin there is a need for a full ban hat is not allo ed here is an nti azing a already in the boo s, uino said
o one has to as , hat is lac ing in terms of enforcement that re ents us from e ercising the full enalties embod ied in that la , he said
ll consult our legal e erts and the la enforcement side as to e tensi ely hat more can be done
uino called on the elders in society, ho ha e most robably undergone fra ternity hazing during their time, to hel the schools sto this ractice
uino said he finds hazing irra tional
ill be criticized, am not a member of a fraternity, but to inflict such harm on eo le you ill call brothers really es ca es any logic that can fathom, uino said
nd thin ould li e to call u on all the elders of these arious fraternities e en if you had to undergo the same, isn t it about time that you ere the most acti e in ma ing sure that it sto s he as ed
he atholic isho s onference of the hili ines also called on schools to clam do n on fraternities and secret societies ith iolent rites
resident and ingayen agu an rchbisho ocrates illegas urged atholic schools to ic out teach ers and rofessors ho recruit students for secret societies that include iolence of any form in their initiation rites after obser ing the demands of due rocess
atholic school ought to be a basic ecclesial community ut hoe er has murder, in ury or indignity in his heart for his brothers or sisters has thereby se ered himself from such a community, illegas said in a letter addressed to atholic col leges and uni ersities
illegas said the romotion and rolif eration of societies that ractice iolence by no less than school administrators and faculty members of atholic schools are sim ly unacce table to the atholic hierarchy
ot only does such membershi lend a semblance of legitimacy to clandestine organizations it is also a counter sign of the e angelical alues that ought to manifest themsel es in the conduct and de ortment of our atholic school teach ers ho are called to be salt of the earth, light of the orld, he said
illegas urged atholic school admin istrators to instead romote legitimate organizations among students
hat this should tell our atholic school administrators is that the licit organizations and recognized affiliations that e resently offer them are not in teresting enough and do not gi e them that sense of security and solidarity that fraternities and li e organizations seem to offer, illegas ointed out
he challenge, therefore, to our atho lic school administrators is to foster those organizations, here there is genuine care, here the charity of hrist truly re ails, and here each is concerned that none is in ant of anything that can be su lied he added