Former Magdalo rebel Nicanor Faeldon can now assume his new post as chief of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
President Rodrigo Duterte has finally signed the appointment of Faeldon, who will replace Ronald De La Rosa who resigned last month to run for senator in next year’s midterm polls, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced yesterday.
“Nicanor Faeldon’s appointment papers as director general of the BuCor have been signed by the president and ready for release by the executive secretary,” he said in a text message to reporters.
Guevarra said the appointment of Faeldon was timed for the 113th anniversary of the BuCor. The correctional bureau is an attached agency of the Department of Justice (DoJ), mandated to manage the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, the Correctional Institute for Women in Mandaluyong City and penal colonies in the provinces.
The Justice department said it had written the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for the evaluation of the ex-soldier’s appointment.
“The president stated a month ago that he wanted Nicanor Faeldon to replace Ronald De La Rosa as BuCor head. So, the DoJ wrote to the CSC and requested the latter to evaluate and endorse Faeldon to the Office of the President (OP)) as part of the legal requirements for processing the appointment,” the Justice department said in a statement.
Last week, the former deputy administrator of the Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said he did not report for duty at the BuCor because of the lack of appointment papers.
The Bureau of Corrections Act of 2013 states that the BuCor director general should be appointed by the president.
Faeldon said returning immediately to his post as OCD deputy administrator in March, after his release from detention in Pasay City Jail for bickering with Sen. Richard Gordon during a hearing in the Senate, should be proof enough that he had never been a delinquent. Prior to becoming deputy administrator of the OCD, Faeldon was the chief of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) where he faced corruption allegations.
He was implicated in the smuggling of P6.4bn worth of shabu into the Port of Manila and was also accused by Sen. Panfilo Lacson of taking bribes. Faeldon has repeatedly denied the allegations.
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