Ipinasisibak nina Senador Richard Gordon at Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon sa puwesto si Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief, Gerald Bantag dahil sa hindi nito pag-ulat agad sa pagkasawi ng mga high-profile inmates ng New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

“I am tempted to say fire him and dismiss him, because he appears to be oblivious of the issue of public interest, people had no confidence in the BuCor, given its involvement in controversies such as the sale of good conduct time allowance so that convicts’ prison terms could be shortened,” ani Drilon,

Isa sa 21-inmate na nasawi dahil sa coronavirus (COVID-19) ay ang drug convict na si Jaybee Sebastian.

Gamit and Data Privacy Act, iginiit ni Bantag na hindi maaaring iulat ang mga ito bagay na kinontra naman ng mga mambabatas.

“If I were him, I would submit a proper report and then temporarily go on leave,” But the secretary of justice and the President can extricate themselves from this quagmire by doing something about it right away. Either take [Bantag] out and put somebody who knows how to run a prison,” ayon naman kay Gordon.

Aniya, pinagtatawanan na tayo ng buong mundo, dahil sa mga pekeng balita, at ngayon ay pekeng kamatayan naman.

Kaugnay nito, tinanggihan naman ni Gordon, ang kahilingan ni P/Supt. Rodney Raymundo Juico Baloyo IV, na ilipat siya sa BJMP-San Fernando City Dictrict Jail mula sa New Bilibid Prison.

Si Baloyo ay sinampahan ng contempt ng Senado matapos na hindi ito magsabi ng totoo kaugnay naman sa imbestigasyon ng “Ninja cops”.

“He (Baloyo) has committed an offense that has been approved by the committee, almost the whole Senate, which placed him in contempt for being very evasive and changing his answers frequently. He’s been trying to get out of Muntinlupa and the committee is not disposed, as far as I know, to release him. If it would be up to the determination of this Congress, that will be where we’re headed – he will not be released. At the moment, this is the collective decision,” ayon pa sa senador.

Leonel Abasola