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| Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (ctto) |
Recently sacked Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Chief Nicanor
Faeldon together with other involved officials should be held liable for the
alleged illegal release of hundreds of prisoners, says Senate Minority Leader Franklin
Drilon.
Drilon stressed charges must be filed against Faeldon for
his incompetence and for allegedly lying to avoid accountability over attempts
to free the convicts, like former mayor Antonio Sanchez of Calauan,
Laguna.
“Faeldon was caught lying through his teeth. He tried to
deceive the Senate and the public. He lied over and over again to evade
accountability,” Drilon said
The opposition senator supported the decision of President
Rodrigo Duterte in firing Faeldon which “confirmed what the public already
knew: that Faeldon lied and weaved alibis under oath to exculpate himself.”
Drilon, in a radio interview said that the Office of the
Ombudsman would determine what charges to be filed against the bureau.
“Nasa Ombudsman po ‘yan (That is up to the Ombudsman),” he
said
Malacanang on Saturday gave assurances that all those
involved in the alleged irregularities in the computation of good conduct time
allowance would be put on trial.
“The Office of the President assures the public that those
involved in corruption or incompetence in implementing the law on GCTA will be
prosecuted. Such prosecution will include those who allegedly resorted to the
GCTA for sale scheme in the Bureau of Corrections,” Palace spokesman Salvador
Panelo said in a statement.
“We will be fair and impartial, as we will enforce the law
not just against the officials who served the current administration, but also
against those who served during the previous one,” Panelo added.
Source: Philstar, Manila Times
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