Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 1) — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted it would be difficult to stop hazing in the country despite signing a law that banned it

Speaking to the media on Tuesday before leaving for an official visit to Russia, Duterte said, "Prangka-prangka lang, hindi mo maaalis yan."

[Translation: Frankly, you can't get rid of it.]

Duterte made the comment despite having signed Republic Act 11053 or the Anti-Hazing Act of 2018. The law bans all forms of hazing and regulates initiation rites — physical and psychological — of fraternities, sororities, and organizations to make it safer for recruits.

The law came about after the hazing death of University of Santo Tomas freshman law student Horacio "Atio" Castillo III in the hands of Aegis Juris Fraternity members on September 2017.

Duterte's remarks also came after the fatal hazing of Philippine Military Academy plebe Darwin Dormitorio.

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When asked if he would be for the banning of hazing in the country, Duterte said, "That is a permanent insanity sa mga ganon."

Duterte recounted how he himself went through hazing in college, and was even hospitalized for three days due to "massive hematoma." He added he and two classmates wrote to their fraternity to "earnestly" ask to do away with hazing.

"Wala rin. Hindi mo talaga maalis 'yan [Nothing happened. You can't get rid of it]... Unless you ban fraternities for all time. Make it a criminal offense by joining a fraternity, but that would raise many Constitutional issues," he said.

The President said he is against hazing that is "carried too far."

"Tapos 'yang human degradation.... Yung you order the plebes, the lower class to perform mga oral sex, ganon, hindi trabaho ng lalake yan," he said.

[Translation: Then with human degradation... When you order plebes, lower classmen to perform things like oral sex, that's not something a man does.]

Such kinds of hazing fosters lifetime animosity between people, Duterte said.

He added, "Yung tamang-tama lang. Yung 'pag madala sa ospital, mabuhay. Huwag naman yung mamatay... 'Wag lang sumobra."

[Translation: Just enough. If you bring someone to the hospital, they should be able to live. It should not lead to death. It shouldn't be excessive.]

Duterte said there were rules to follow, not doing so would mean jail or death. "Ganon lang 'yan [That's just how it is]," he said.

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