‘Cudia’ dismissed; mom of cadet ‘Codiam’ panics

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Her eyes failed her the first time. She couldn’t read the downstream in the news so she panicked when the anchor spoke of the dismissal of “Cadet Cudia” from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).

He is Aida Codiam and her son is Cadet First Class Billy Codiam. He is a classmate of Cadet First Class Aldrin Jeff Cudia, who was dismissed after being found guilty of violating the PMA honor code for supposedly lying about the reason he was late for a class. 

“Kulang lang sa M,” she said. “Akala ko ‘yung anak ko. Kinabahan ako. Baka ano ang nangyari,” Aida said.  (I thought it was my son. I was worried. I thought something happened.) 

The next time she got caugh of news on Cudia, she realized the spelling was different.

Codiam will not only graduate on Sunday, March 16, he will graduate No. 3 of PMA Siklab Diwa Class of 2014.

He also received the Social Sciences Plaque for being No. 1 in courses offered by the Department of Social Sciences and the Spanish Armed Forces Award for graduating with the highest overall rating in all Socio-Humanistic Subjects offered by the Academic Group.

Codiam is saddened about the dismissal of Cudia, but he said the decision of the honor committee should be respected.

“Nakakalungkot on our level na mistah ni Cadet Cudia,” he said. (It’s sad for us classmates of Cadet Cudia.)

“Our class, as a whole, we uphold and respect the decion of the honor committee. Sana maintindihan ng tao kung ano ang result ng reinvestigation. Sana tanggapin natin. Nagtitiwala kami sa competent authority. Lalabas ang katotohanan,” he said.

(I hope other the people will understand the results of the reinvestigation. I hope we’ll accept it. We trust the competent authority. The truth will come out.) – Rappler.com