INCOMING Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday vowed to revamp the Bureau of Corrections to stamp out the corruption in the agency when he assumes office on July 1.
“I will implement a reshuffle at BuCor,” Aguirre said in a telephone interview.
The Justice secretary supervises the bureau, an attached agency of the Department of Justice.
But Aguirre said he had not yet decided who would head the bureau.
“We are still looking for the best director. General Danny Lim is one of those being considered,” Aguirre said.
Corrections is currently headed by retired Army general Ricardo Rainier Cruz, who had served as a former commander of the Davao City-based Eastern Mindanao Command before his retirement.
Cruz replaced Franklin Jesus Bucayu who resigned in April last year for health reasons.
Last week, Aguirre said he would intensify the anti-drug campaign at the New Bilibid Prison. He said the information he received showed that 75 percent of the illegal drug transactions in the country were coming from the NBP.
Aguirre said he would do away with the current “Oplan Galugad,” adding that despite the raids, jail authorities continued to recover illegal drugs and other contraband inside the national penitentiary.