Press Release
September 28, 2019

STATEMENT OF SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN ON NEW ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING IN UP DILIMAN

Two cases of hazing in as many weeks have come to light, the latest involving a fraternity in UP Diliman. It is disappointing that despite the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018, this barbaric act remains to be practiced by fraternities.

What is more appalling, alarming and disappointing in the case of Sigma Rho is the fact that those involved include incumbent student leaders of the university. Sila na dapat sanang nagsisilbing modelo sa mga kapwa nila estudyante ang siya pang nagiging masamang impluwensiya.

While I understand that those allegedly involved have been put on preventive suspension, I call on President Danilo Concepcion to also preventively suspend the entire Sigma Rho fraternity pending the outcome of the investigation, and for the Student Disciplinary Tribunal to act swiftly on the case. UP should not let fraternity-related violence tar its reputation as the county's national university.

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