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All frat members, founders punishable for hazing-related deaths
By Nidz Godino
"It is tradition of these organizations of using violence as requirement for admission and retention of membership in its supposed "brotherhood" that is causing deaths in these organizations… we should not leave fraternity out of equation when we talk of liability," Senate panel is pushing to amend country's anti-hazing law to hold entire fraternities accountable for deaths resulting from their initiation rites.
Joint committees of justice and human rights and public order also wants to automatically cancel Securities and Exchange Commission certificate of fraternity or sorority and designate it as illegal organization at first incident of hazing-related death or injury.
In committee report containing Senate joint committee's proposed amendments to Republic Act 11053 or Anti-Hazing Law Of 2018, recommended to "make fraternities, sororities, and other organizations principally and solitarily liable for any death or physical injuries t result from any of initiation activities of their organization."
Committee Report 9 drew its recommendations from findings of Senate probe on death of Adamson University student Joh Matthew Salilig in March. After members of Tau Gamma Phi inflicted severe injuries on Salilig during organization's hazing rituals, student was found dead in vacant lot in Cavite in February.,2023
In committee report, Senate panel recommended imposition of P20 million fine on all fraternities, sororities and organizations over any injury or death that will result from its violent initiation rites. Organizations will also be required to "shoulder litigation fees of victim's family," according to committee report.
This would make organizations "jointly and solidarily liable" to families of victims, the report stressed.
Senate panel also recommended automatic revocation of organization's SEC certificate from any death or physical injury that will result from its initiation rites. This would tag fraternity, sorority or other groups as "an illegal organization," making its current members, officers and even its founders punishable by law.
Other proposed amendments to anti-hazing law recommend increased transparency through registration requirements. According to committee report, all fraternities, sororities, and similar organizations, whether affiliated with schools or not, should be required to register their local chapters, along with list of their officers and members, at local police station.
Senate panel also recommended creation national database by Philippine National Police to compile membership information from fraternities and sororities across country. Failure or refusal to comply with these requirements would be considered presumption of illegal activities by organization, committee report stated.
Senate committee also reiterated responsibility of schools in holding mandatory orientations with students and their parents or guardians to prevent hazing.
Failure to comply may result in fine of P5 million and denial of autonomous status by Commission on Higher Education with fine being allocated to Trust Fund for hazing victims' support, proposed amendments read.
Committee report said its proposed changes to Anti-Hazing Law was already revised in 2018 following death of another fraternity neophyte should hold organizations accountable by targeting root cause of violence within their culture, rather than solely punishing individual perpetrators.
But it's not enough to impose fines as penalties to address fraternity-related violence as " payment of money is too small price for forever loss of single life," report added.
"In other words, hazing-related death in organization must result in death of organization itself," committee report read.
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