International lawyers beseech President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.
An international group of lawyers is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant absolute pardon to overseas worker Mary Jane Veloso . The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) said: “We implore the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to free Mary Jane Veloso , by way of absolute pardon on compassionate grounds, in this, the Season of Peace.
”“Veloso suffered long enough and the grant of clemency is primarily a presidential prerogative which may be given purely on a humanitarian basis, without the need of a lengthy administrative and legal review by experts. Justice delayed is justice denied,” it said. Veloso’s family and several organizations, including Gabriela, have appealed for absolute clemency for Veloso following her repatriation. However, Marcos Jr. previously said that the possibility of granting her clemency will be reviewed. Veloso, who spent 14 years in a detention facility in Indonesia, finally arrived in Manila early Wednesday morning, marking a significant win for Philippine diplomacy. Her return culminates an arduous legal battle for the Philippine government started by the late President Benigno Aquino III, who saved Veloso from imminent death in 2015, and continued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. who now has the authority to grant her clemency. Cebu Pacific Flight SJ 760 carrying Veloso landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 around 5:40 a.m. The flight departed from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta at 12:05 a.m., according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). BuCor Director Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr
MARY JANE VELOSO PARDON INDONESIA PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS JR
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