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President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon amid public outrage over revelations in the Senate hearings on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law.

"I decided late last night and my orders are, one, that I am demanding the resignation of Faeldon immediately, [and] second, that I am calling for an investigation by the Ombudsman," Duterte said in a press conference Wednesday night, September 4.

Faeldon had just been grilled in two Senate hearings about his role in the possible early release of rape-slay convict Antonio Sanchez and other infamous prison inmates.

It was revealed in the hearing Monday, September 2, that Faeldon had greenlighted a process for Sanchez’s release but stopped it due to public outcry and President Rodrigo Duterte making a stand against the convict.

The BuCor chief insisted he just followed the GCTA law and the advice of career BuCor lawyers. The manual on the implementation of the GCTA law interprets the law as allowing even heinous crime convicts to benefit from early release due to “good behavior.”

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo had said Duterte would wait for the GCTA law hearings to wrap up before deciding on the fate of Faeldon and other BuCor officials.

Duterte had been closely monitoring the hearings, said the spokesman.

Before the Sanchez and GCTA law controversy, Faeldon was thought to enjoy Duterte’s trust since he had been reappointed twice despite figuring in a major drug smuggling scandal.

Faeldon was Duterte’s first Bureau of Customs chief. It was under his time when P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China was smuggled into the country. Lawmakers had suspected connivance between BOC officials and smugglers. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) charged Faeldon for the illegal shipment, but the Department of Justice cleared Faeldon. Duterte then transferred him to the Office of Civil Defense. (READ: LIST: No to corruption? Duterte's controversial reappointees)

When another trusted Duterte man, Ronald deal Rosa, decided to run for senator, the President picked Faeldon to take his place as BuCor chief.

Duterte has said he was confident in Faeldon’s honesty and integrity since it was supposedly Faeldon who discovered cigarette maker Mighty Corporation’s use of fake stamps which led the company to pay the government P30 billion to settle its taxes. – Rappler.com

SOURCE: https://www.rappler.com/nation/239278-duterte-fires-nicanor-faeldon-as-bureau-corrections-chief

Duterte fires Nicanor Faeldon as BuCor chief


President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon amid public outrage over revelations in the Senate hearings on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law.

"I decided late last night and my orders are, one, that I am demanding the resignation of Faeldon immediately, [and] second, that I am calling for an investigation by the Ombudsman," Duterte said in a press conference Wednesday night, September 4.

Faeldon had just been grilled in two Senate hearings about his role in the possible early release of rape-slay convict Antonio Sanchez and other infamous prison inmates.

It was revealed in the hearing Monday, September 2, that Faeldon had greenlighted a process for Sanchez’s release but stopped it due to public outcry and President Rodrigo Duterte making a stand against the convict.

The BuCor chief insisted he just followed the GCTA law and the advice of career BuCor lawyers. The manual on the implementation of the GCTA law interprets the law as allowing even heinous crime convicts to benefit from early release due to “good behavior.”

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo had said Duterte would wait for the GCTA law hearings to wrap up before deciding on the fate of Faeldon and other BuCor officials.

Duterte had been closely monitoring the hearings, said the spokesman.

Before the Sanchez and GCTA law controversy, Faeldon was thought to enjoy Duterte’s trust since he had been reappointed twice despite figuring in a major drug smuggling scandal.

Faeldon was Duterte’s first Bureau of Customs chief. It was under his time when P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China was smuggled into the country. Lawmakers had suspected connivance between BOC officials and smugglers. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) charged Faeldon for the illegal shipment, but the Department of Justice cleared Faeldon. Duterte then transferred him to the Office of Civil Defense. (READ: LIST: No to corruption? Duterte's controversial reappointees)

When another trusted Duterte man, Ronald deal Rosa, decided to run for senator, the President picked Faeldon to take his place as BuCor chief.

Duterte has said he was confident in Faeldon’s honesty and integrity since it was supposedly Faeldon who discovered cigarette maker Mighty Corporation’s use of fake stamps which led the company to pay the government P30 billion to settle its taxes. – Rappler.com

SOURCE: https://www.rappler.com/nation/239278-duterte-fires-nicanor-faeldon-as-bureau-corrections-chief
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