A member of the Reserve Cadet Instructor Cadre at CFB Borden, located about 20 minutes west of Barrie, faces the unusual charge of mutiny after appearing at a Toronto rally in December encouraging military members to refuse COVID-19 vaccination.
Officer Cadet Ladislas Kenderesi faces two charges under the National Defence Act, a National Defence spokesperson has confirmed to BarrieToday.
One of the charges alleges the accused was trying to persuade another person to join in a mutiny. The second charge alleges the accused was "behaving in a scandalous manner unbecoming of an officer." Both charges are punishable under the National Defence Act.
The case is currently in the referral process and is to proceed through the military justice system. No court martial has yet been scheduled.
Kederesi was removed from performance of military duties following the rally in December 2020, the spokesperson confirmed, although he remains on the cadre’s non-effective strength list pending the outcome of the charges.
The Cadet Instructors Cadre is a branch within the Reserve Force of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Kenderesi was videotaped appearing in uniform speaking at an anti-pandemic lockdown rally in Toronto on Dec. 5 warning of "a killer vaccine." He encouraged the Canadian Forces to not distribute the vaccine. The video circulated through social media.