{"id":143937,"date":"2018-01-05T02:26:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T07:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143937"},"modified":"2018-01-05T02:31:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T07:31:48","slug":"gordon-dismisses-faeldons-inhumane-treatment-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/05\/gordon-dismisses-faeldons-inhumane-treatment-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon dismisses Faeldon\u2019s ‘inhumane treatment’ claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Senator Ricard “Dick” Gordon (Photo<\/a>: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blue Ribbon Committee Chair Richard Gordon, answered all of detained former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon\u2019s claims of \u201cinhumane treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always tried to be fair with him\u2026 All he has to do is appear before the committee and respect the committee,\u201d Gordon said through a text message to GMA News Online.<\/p>\n

According to Faeldon, Gordon denied his request to take his oath of office before Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana after being appointed as deputy administrator in the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). He was also denied of being examined by his cardiologist due to his heart ailment.<\/p>\n

The Senator also denied his personal requests like spending his Christmas and New Year with his loved ones, attending to his religious practices, and being present at his youngest child\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

(Read: Faeldon slams Gordon for ‘cruel, degrading, inhumane’ treatment<\/a>)<\/p>\n

One by one, Gordon addressed the instances of \u201ccruel, degrading, and inhuman punishment\u201d that Faeldon listed in his statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to Gordon, Faeldon asked permission to go to DND \u201cwithout being accompanied\u201d by members of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms (OSAA).<\/p>\n

\u201cThat request was not granted because: one, his release without the company of the OSAA would have meant that he was being released from custody, without his having cleansed himself of his contumacious conduct, the very reason why he is detained,\u201d Gordon explained.<\/p>\n

Faeldon requested for his oath-taking before the DND for a second time.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsistent with the previous denial of his request, we informed him that the safety concerns still remained, that with the previous threats that were made against him,\u201d Gordon told GMA News Online.<\/p>\n

Adding that Faeldon is now appointed to a higher position in the Executive branch, he said, \u201cIf he is allowed to go out and take his oath, nothing can prevent him from hiding behind his appointment and then saying, \u2018you cannot detain me anymore as I am not Assistant Secretary.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Faeldon requested to be examined by a cardiologist so he could attend to his religious practice of being in the Black Nazarene\u2019s Traslacion on January 9 \u2013 which was denied by Gordon because it \u201cwould have exposed him to danger\u201d not only for his heart ailment but that the OSAA \u201cwould not be able to guarantee his safety with the hundreds of thousands, maybe even a million of people attending.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was instead advised to attend masses held at the Senate building.<\/p>\n

For his personal request of being with his family for the holidays, Gordon said that it was not granted because Faeldon is held for contempt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citation for contempt was, and still is, a collegial act which the Chair, on his own, cannot reverse,\u201d Gordon said in the text message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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