Lacson says PMA honor code, a very unique one

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 15): Lacson says PMA honor code, a very unique one

Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (PARR) Panfilo Lacson on Saturday said that the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) is the only learning institution that requires its students to adhere to a honor code.

Lacson, a member of the PMA Class 1971, made this statement during the annual PMA alumni homecoming in Baguio City.

He added that he still has to hear of any learning institution, past or present, that instills honor among its students in its truest form and substance other than the PMA.

"We admit it is not perfect, but we are sure it is real," he said.

"For four years our beloved alma matter imbibes in each and every cadet the virtues of courage, integrity, and loyalty. We find them extremely difficult to learn at first, but since cadets are all together at it and in an environment made most conducive to being honorable, it has become more of a source of pride in us all," Lacson stated.

"And so comes graduation and the real cruel world thereafter. The idealist still very much armed with the academy virtues suddenly comes face to face with practically everything that is opposite of what was taught in the hallowed grounds of Fort Del Pilar- corruption, treachery, cowardice," the PARR chief said.

"So when the young graduates encounter in their fields of assignment some upperclassmen who have already succumbed to the temptations of misplaced values or have countenance such commissions, the effects could be very frustrating if not disastrous," he further stated.

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