SC upholds PMA ruling on dismissal of Cudia

BAGUIO CITY -- The Supreme Court denied with finality dismissed Philippine Military Academy cadet Jeff Aldrin Cudia’s  appeal for reconsideration of  the high tribunal’s  Feb. 24, 2015 ruling of his case.

Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te announced the decision April 14 after the Court held its regular en banc summer session  in this city.

The Court also denied petitioner-intervenors’ (Cudia’s mother and sister)  motion for reconsideration with motion to submit case for oral argument.

Te said under the rules, a second motion for reconsideration will no longer be entertained by the high court.

The SC ruled in its Feb. 24, 2015 ruling upholding action of PMA in dismissing Cudia from institution for violating its honor code. 

It ruled the PMA was right in imposing penalty of dismissal on Cudia for the violation.

In 2014, Cudia lied about his explanation for his tardiness in class, an act that the committee of cadets said violated the honor code of the military institution.

Cudia was supposed to graduate with “Siklab Diwa” Class of 2014. Recently he passed the University of the Philippines’ law aptitude examination but this is pending until he would have a college diploma.