Jail officials quizzed on Romualdez report

THE Sandiganbayan 3rd Division has actually summoned 2 prison authorities to affirm on Thursday on the custody of previous speaker Martin Romualdez following reports declaring he had actually been covertly leaving his detention center.

Clerk of Court for the 3rd Division, Dennis Pulma, informed The Manila Times on Wednesday that the court bought Jail Supt. Maria Lourdes Pacion and medical officer Henry Fabro of the Quezon City Jail-Male Dormitory in Payatas, Quezon City, to “personally appear and affirm” at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 5.

“In light of the current online news posts,” the court provided the resolution to develop the “existing status of implicated Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez’s custody at BJMP Payatas,” Pulma stated, describing the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).

The summons followed claims that Romualdez had actually been leaving prison without permission. The BJMP has actually released an examination and stated its preliminary closed-circuit tv (CCTV) evaluation discovered no tape-recorded motion by Romualdez outside the center throughout the duration analyzed.

The BJMP has actually introduced an examination into the claims, however BJMP chief JDIR Efren Nemeño stated preliminary CCTV evaluations revealed no taped power disturbance at the Quezon City Jail– Male Dormitory or any taped motion of the legislator inside his cell.

“Initial CCTV confirmation by BJMP National Headquarters revealed no documented power or CCTV disturbance at the New Quezon City Jail-Male Dormitory, and no taped motion of Rep. Martin Romualdez outside the center throughout the duration taken a look at,” the firm stated in a declaration on Wednesday.

The examination followed writer Ramon Tulfo declared on social networks that Romualdez is covertly leaving and going back to the prison through a backdoor plan developed to keep his motions concealed.

Tulfo stated a property he called “Tweety Bird” declared that Romualdez utilizes a staircase while the center’s electrical energy is purposefully cut to avoid CCTV video cameras from recording his motions.

The previous speaker allegedly takes the backdoor stairs where an ambulance is waiting on him– a motion Tulfo declared was likewise done by previous senator Bong Revilla in addition to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who have actually both been dedicated to the very same center due over the flood control scandal.

A CCTV clip sent out to The Manila Times outdated Nov. 4 revealed Romualdez was inside the detention center using the yellow t-shirt for individuals denied of liberty on that day.
In his post, Tulfo did not point out any specific date when the previous speaker apparently slipped out, however the BJMP performed an extensive CCTV evaluation considering that September to validate the accusations.

Romualdez was dedicated to the New Quezon City Jail-Male Dormitory considering that Sept. 14 over his supposed connection to the flood control debate.

Bustinera restated that CCTV keeping an eye on stayed completely functional without any unrecorded motion or power failures tape-recorded.
The BJMP stated it takes such accusations seriously however restated that “all PDL (individual denied of liberty) undergo the very same custodial guidelines which any motion outside the prison needs an appropriate court order.”

“We invite appropriate info from the general public and will work together with any examination by other federal government firms,” the firm stated.

The BJMP likewise guaranteed the general public of professionalism, openness and dedication to equivalent treatment of all PDLs “without difference or unique opportunity.”