How do you solve a problem like Cudia?

Cadet First Class Aldrin Jeff Cudia. Photo from Facebook

MANILA, Philippines – How do you solve a problem like Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia?

After Cudia was dismissed from the Philippine Military Academy after being tardy by two minutes, General Emmanuel Bautista, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said that the matter could be resolved among the cadets.

“It’s a matter among the cadets; they can resolve it among themselves,” Bautista said Thursday afternoon after the launch of the Multi-Sector Governance Council at Camp Aguinaldo.

Cudia was dismissed from the PMA and his stature as a would-be class salutatorian in the academy’s graduation rites this year, after he showed up two minutes late in his class after he claimed that the professor in his previous class dismissed them late.

Bautista, however, said that he could not comment further on the case as the investigation is still going on.

He added that there is no definite deadline on the resolution but assured that the PMA is aware of the urgency of the matter.

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