One of Mary Jane Veloso's lawyers, Edre Olalia, says her possible transfer would bring about a 'unique legal situation' since Indonesia handed down the death penalty, but no such penalty exists in the Philippines
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According to Edre Olalia, part of the team of Veloso’s private legal counsels and chairperson of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers , her transfer would present a “unique legal situation” because while her sentence in Indonesia is execution, there is no death penalty in the Philippines. “If the request is granted, Mary Jane Veloso will continue to serve her remaining sentence in the Philippines, subject to the conditions determined by the Indonesian court’s ruling,” the Indonesian coordinating ministry said in a November 11 press release translated by Indonesia-based migrant advocacy organization Beranda Migran.
“Because you can’t impose a death penalty that is not existing in our books,” the lawyer told Rappler.Olalia cited envisioned scenarios that do not intend to preempt the two governments’ decisions. Olalia said that before the development of Veloso’s possible transfer, their focus was on advancing her case against her illegal recruiters, since a guilty verdict could add leverage to her chance at clemency in Indonesia. This has stalled since Veloso has not yet been able to give her deposition from Indonesia.
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