Philippine House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan urges the creation of a program allowing Filipinos convicted abroad to serve their sentences in the Philippines, citing the case of Mary Jane Veloso.
Touched by the case of Mary Jane Veloso , House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan is proposing a new International Prisoner Transfer Program that would allow Filipinos convicted of offenses abroad to serve their prison terms in the Philippines. Libanan called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to work out the details of the program.
“We need a program that will facilitate the transfer of Filipinos convicted of crimes and incarcerated in other countries, so that they can serve the remainder of their sentences here at home, closer to their families,” Libanan said. “There’s no question that bringing Filipino offenders closer to their loved ones will be more conducive to their rehabilitation,” added the veteran lawmaker. He said the prison transfer program could be modeled after a similar initiative in the United States (US). Last month, Jakarta repatriated death row survivor Mary Jane Veloso to Manila after she spent nearly 15 years in an Indonesian prison for drug trafficking
INTERNATIONAL PRISONER TRANSFER PHILIPPINE CONGRESS MARY JANE VELOSO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REHABILITATION
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