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Ex-rebel officer Faeldon ready to be imprisoned if amnesty from Aquino void


Civil Defense deputy administrator Nicanor Faeldon on Wednesday expressed willingness to return to jail amid questions on the amnesty awarded to former rebel officers by the Aquino administration.

“Sa akin, I’m willing to go back to jail. Let’s just follow the process if the process we have gone through is not in accordance with the Constitution,” Faeldon told reporters when asked on the matter after his oath taking as a member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).

“Let’s all go back to jail and restart the process,” he said, adding that he had been jailed six times.

The former Customs commissioner echoed the argument of Malacanang that it should be former President Benigno Aquino III who signed the amnesty and not former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.

“Because the President (Duterte) has raised the issue, it’s the act of the State, so dapat hindi siya dinelegate sa Secretary. So dapat siya (Aquino) ang pumirama. So if it will be revoked, ako I am very willing to go back to jail so that we pass through the process, wala yun problema sa akin,” Faeldon said.

“After seeing the cards of both parties naging maliwanag din sa akin na may problema talaga. If we all agree that act of pardon and amnesty is act of the State and it cannot be delegated to another official except the President, then may problema talaga. So I’m willing to go back to jail and start the process again,” he added.

He expressed belief that those who have been granted amnesty should follow the correct process.

“Ako I’m very willing. I can’t speak on behalf of the rest, but as far as I’m concerned I can go back to jail tomorrow or now. Because if the process is void, e bakit hindi natin sundin ‘yun? We cannot act above the law,” Faeldon said.

He said one of the requirements then was the attachment of an affidavit admitting specifically identified offenses which he complied with.

“So attachment po ‘yung affidavit of admission of guilt. I believe we all come up with our application form, but I do not know how many submitted that affidavit of admission of guilt,” Gaeldon said.

He said the application form which contains the general admission of guilt was different from the affidavit stating the offenses.

“The application form is very general but you have to attach that affidavit of admission of guilt,” Faeldon said.said.

He said it took him a while to decide to apply for amnesty.

“It took me four months to contemplate because one of the provisions there that I do not want to admit is apologizing to the former President (Gloria Macapagal Arroyo). That’s why nag-apply na sila January pa lang, ako I waited up to the last day, that’s April 1, before I applied because ang bigat sa akin nun,” Faeldon said.

The former Marine captain participated in both the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula siege, both in 2007. Civil Defense deputy administrator for operations Nicanor Faeldon expressed readiness Wednesday to go back to jail amid questions on the amnesty awarded to them by the Aquino administration.

Faeldon if the amnesty procedure they went though was wanting, he is willing to have it corrected.

“Sa akin, I’m willing to go back to jail. Let’s just follow the process if the process we have gone through is not in accordance with the Constitution,” he told reporters when asked on the matter after his oath taking as a member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).

“Let’s all go back to jail and restart the process,” he said, adding that he had been jailed six times.

The former Customs commissioner echoed the argument of Malacanang that it should be former President Benigno Aquino III who signed the amnesty and not former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.

“Because the President (Duterte) has raised the issue, it’s the act of the State, so dapat hindi siya dinelegate sa Secretary. So dapat siya (Aquino) ang pumirama. So if it will be revoked, ako I am very willing to go back to jail so that we pass through the process, wala yun problema sa akin,” he said.


“After seeing the cards of both parties naging maliwanag din sa akin na may problema talaga. If we all agree that act of pardon and amnesty is act of the State and it cannot be delegated to another official except the President, then may problema talaga. So I’m willing to go back to jail and start the process again,” he added.

He expressed belief that those who have been granted amnesty should follow the correct process.

“Ako I’m very willing. I can’t speak on behalf of the rest, but as far as I’m concerned I can go back to jail tomorrow or now. Because if the process is void, e bakit hindi natin sunddin ‘yun? We cannot act above the law,” he said.

He said one of the requirements then was the attachment of an affidavit admitting specifically identified offenses which he complied with.

“So attachment po ‘yung affidavit of admission of guilt. I believe we all come up with our application form, but I do not know how many submitted that affidavit of admission of guilt,” he said.

He said the application form which contains the general admission of guilt is different from the affidavit stating the offenses.

“The application form is very general but you have to attach that affidavit of admission of guilt,” he said.

He said it took him a while to decide to apply for amnesty.

“It took me four months to contemplate because one of the provisions there that I do not want to admit is apologizing to the former President (Gloria Macapagal Arroyo). That’s why nag-apply na sila January pa lang, ako I waited up to the last day, that’s April 1, before I applied because ang bigat sa akin nun,” he said.

The former Marine captain participated in the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula siege, both in 2007. —NB, GMA News

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