{"id":228993,"date":"2019-09-01T03:50:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T07:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=228993"},"modified":"2019-09-01T03:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T07:50:27","slug":"retired-general-melegrito-appointed-bucor-deputy-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/01\/retired-general-melegrito-appointed-bucor-deputy-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired general Melegrito appointed BuCor deputy director"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_228994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228994\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/melegrito.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228994\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/melegrito.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/melegrito.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/melegrito-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melegrito\u2019s appointment comes amid controversy hounding the BuCor on the release of ex-convicts under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law or Republic Act 10592. (Photo courtesy of Team SPEAR Facebook account via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed retired Lt. Gen. Milfredo Melegrito as deputy director of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).<\/p>\n<p>According to a list of appointments from Malaca\u00f1ang, Duterte appointed Melegrito on Aug. 27, days before his official visit to Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>Melegrito\u2019s appointment comes amid controversy hounding the BuCor on the release of ex-convicts under the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law or Republic Act 10592.<\/p>\n<p>The law provides new guidelines on how to compute good conduct time, including a 20-day deduction for each month of good behavior during the first two years of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>However, inmates charged and convicted of heinous crimes, as well as those recidivists, habitual delinquents, and escapees, are excluded from the coverage of the law.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) bared that it will place on hold the release of a foreign ex-convict under the GCTA law while issues on the matter are being resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Immigration earlier said the four Chinese drug convicts who were reportedly released by the BuCor are now in their custody and facing deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Christopher &#8220;Bong&#8221; Go said Duterte also wanted BuCor to explain why nearly 2,000 inmates convicted for heinous crimes were freed despite not being eligible under the GCTA law.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate President Vicente Sotto III called or a revamp of the BuCor and the resignation of BuCor chief Nicanor Faeldon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed retired Lt. 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