BUREAU of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Nicanor E. Faeldon promised to step down from his post, if it is proven that his son is involved in illegal drug activities.
“What I can assure everybody is if my son is involved in any way(…), I will resign immediately and hunt him down,” the BuCor chief said in an interview with ANC on Friday, after his son Nicanor Faeldon Jr. was arrested in Naga City during a drug raid.
Mr. Faeldon resigned as Customs chief in August 2017 following the controversy over the P6.4 billion-worth of illegal drugs that entered the country in May 2017.
Mr. Faeldon said he will not interfere in the Naga police’s investigation involving his son.
“I commend the Naga City Police Authorities on their efforts to curb if not totally eliminate illegal drugs. I will not lift a finger to influence their on-going investigation and arrest SOP,” the BuCor Chief said in a statement on Friday.
Justice Undersecretary Markk L. Perete said Mr. Faeldon offered to go on leave while the police are conducting the investigation.
“As to the BuCor Chief’s offer to go on leave, the Department will have to study the matter, taking into consideration a number of facts, among which are: the Chief has just been recently appointed, and the independence and integrity of the investigation on the matter is not likely to be affected by his stay in the BuCor,” he said.
Mr. Faeldon was formally appointed as BuCor Director-General last month. — G. M. Cortez

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