President Rodrigo Duterte better kick the butt of Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon. It is imminent, he is not meant for government service, much less hold a key administrative position where one’s judgment is critical.
After a controversial stint with Bureau of Customs where his name was dragged into corruption issues, Faeldon was kicked sideways to another agency, the Bureau of Corrections. Despite that, he seems to be incorrigible.
Another mess and Faeldon is back in a Senate probe again this time to answer for the order paving the way for a possible release of convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez. The same order also made way for the release of nearly 2,000 convicts – including those who had been serving jail terms for illegal drugs trade and other heinous crimes.
While he admitted signing the “memorandum of release” of convicted rapist and murderer Antonio Sanchez, Faeldon has insisted before the Senate inquiry that he had put it on hold. Putting it into context, it’s like saying “I stole, but I returned the stolen items.”
With regards to the “memorandum of release,” a document that would start the process of release of any Person Deprived of Liberty (PDL), Faeldon explained: “I signed that document, the memorandum of release but that’s not the release order because after my office, it goes to several offices and finally it will go to the superintendent who issues the final release order of the PDL.”
Faeldon maintained he stopped Sanchez’s release. Obviously, the flagging came after the public got wind of the impending release and a storm of reaction reverberated across all fora and platforms.
Faeldon’s mishaps at the bureaucracy only meant one thing–he is not fit for this job. Faeldon is a misfit in an administration that regards efficiency as its premium standards and corruption as its number one enemy.
Ineptitude also has no place in the Duterte administration and no matter what role Faeldon played in during the 2016 campaign should not give him a Torrens title to his position in government.
Recalling the words of President Duterte himself, nobody in his administration is inexpendible.
So go ahead, Mr. President. Give the guy the boot.
