The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the immediate implementation of the suspension against 27 Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) executives over their alleged involvement in the ‘GCTA for sale’ scheme.
READ: Ombudsman suspends BuCor execs over alleged ‘GCTA for sale’ scheme
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra confirmed that they have already received the order of the Office of the Ombudsman to suspend the 27 BuCor officials for six months without pay.
“The DOJ, through its oversight committee, will direct the Bucor OIC to serve the notices of preventive suspension and implement it immediately,” he said.
Among the BuCor officials that received the preventive suspension is BuCor Documents Section Division Chief Staff Sergeant Ramoncito Roque.
Roque was accused of receiving P50,000 bribe for an early release of one inmate. Two of Roque’s reported middlemen, Maribel Bancil and Veronica Buño, are also suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman.
The DOJ Secretary has directed BuCor OIC Melvin Buenafe to ensure that BuCor’s operations will not be disrupted by the suspension of 27 of their personnel involved in the GCTA anomaly.—AAC (with reports from Nel Maribojoc)
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