Salonga quits frat over hazing

October 14, 2007  --  Got something to say?
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Former Senate president Jovito Salonga has resigned from the Sigma Rho fraternity, which has been implicated in the suspected death by hazing of a University of the Philippines student. Salonga, who recently won the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service and served as president of the Senate from 1987 to 1992, is reportedly dismayed over news reports that his fraternity brothers are being linked to the death of 20-year-old Cris Anthony Mendez.


In a two-paragraph statement, the 86-year-old Salonga said, Because of the recent events in which Sigma Rho has been involved, I hereby resign as a member of Sigma Rho effective immediately.” He recalled that when he joined the brotherhood, along with former chief justice Pedro Yap, a neophyte member did not have to endure physical pain to be admitted. At that time, there was no need for hazing as a prerequisite to admission into Sigma Rho. The Sigma Rho was formally organized in 1938 and was officially recognized by UP the following year. When it started, its membership was limited to UP College of Law students.


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