Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement that he is fired from his post, Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Director General Nicanor Faeldon said Wednesday night that he would “most humbly bow” to the order of the President.

“My commander-in-chief/appointing authority has spoken. I am a marine and a marine does as he is told,” Faeldon said in a statement. “I most humbly bow to my commander-in-chief’s order without any hard feelings,” he added.

In a Palace press briefing Wednesday night, the President earlier call for Faeldon’s resignation following controversies within BuCor, including the release of heinous crime convicts under the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law.

But after a few minutes, the President decided to fire the embattled BuCor chief.