Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople mentioned Tuesday {that a} assembly can be held to debate demise row instances in different international locations.
Ople mentioned Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin would convene the assembly with different Secretaries.
“Just as an fyi, on Friday, the Executive Secretary will be convening a meeting. To be present in that meeting are the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, myself, and of course the ES, to discuss transitional matters. For example, ‘yung nga mga death row cases,” Ople mentioned at a Palace briefing.
Ople was responding to a query concerning updates on the request for govt clemency for Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipino lady who was convicted of drug trafficking and meted the demise penalty in Indonesia in 2010.
Ople deferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs when requested in regards to the matter.
Veloso’s mother and father Cesar and Celia have requested President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ask for clemency from Indonesian President Joko Widodo for his or her daughter. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
