President Aquino has been looking for someone who could fix the country’s penal system although he has not acted on the resignation of Bureau of Corrections chief, Malacañang said on Sunday.
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gaudencio Pangilinan, who voluntarily went on leave four months ago after the Rolito Go abduction fiasco, has tendered his resignation to President Aquino, according to Justice Secretary Leila De Lima.
An insider at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) says one of the men brought in by retired Army Maj. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan was the source of the grenade that exploded inside the NBP compound.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has designated an officer-in-charge of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to oversee daily operations of the bureau while BuCor director Gaudencio Pangilinan Jr. is on leave following the disappearance of convicted killer Rolito Go at the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City.
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director Gaudencio Pangilinan was a no-show at the inquiry held Monday by the Department of Justice on the alleged anomalies being committed inside the national penitentiary.
A prison guard of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Monday accused top prison officials of procurement anomalies and the unauthorized transfer of inmates, among other things.
When Gaudencio Pangilinan, a retired Army general, took over as Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) director last year, everybody thought there would be wide-ranging reforms in the country’s prisons system.
It seems not even congressional hearings and President Aquino’s orders are enough to effect change behind prison walls.
The new chief of the Bureau of Corrections said that he “could not afford to be distracted” when asked about his reaction on sentiments by some that he lacked “delicadeza” for accepting the government position despite facing a plunder case before the Department of Justice.
Newly appointed Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gaudencio Pangilinan on Thursday said that the eradication of crime syndicates inside the national penitentiary is his first priority in cleaning it up.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima confirmed Thursday that retired General Gaudencio Pangilinan who is facing a plunder complaint before the Department of Justice (DoJ) is the new chief of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).
