President Rodrigo Duterte admitted it would be difficult to stop hazing in the country despite signing a law that banned it.
"Prangka-prangka lang, hindi mo maaalis yan."Republic Act 11053
or the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018. The law bans all forms of hazing and regulates initiation rites — physical and psychological — of fraternities, sororities, and organizations to make it safer for recruits. The law came about after the hazing death of University of Santo Tomas freshman law student Horacio"Atio" Castillo III in the hands of Aegis Juris Fraternity members on September 2017.
Duterte's remarks also came after the fatal hazing of Philippine Military Academy plebe Darwin Dormitorio.When asked if he would be for the banning of hazing in the country, Duterte said,"That is a permanent insanityDuterte recounted how he himself went through hazing in college, and was even hospitalized for three days due to"massive hematoma." He added he and two classmates wrote to their fraternity to"earnestly" ask to do away with hazing.[Nothing happened.
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