Veloso tumangging pirmahan ang notice of execution na itinakda sa April 28
Mary Jane Veloso
Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ni DFA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Charles Jose na ganap na alas-8:22 ng gabi noong Sabado nang iniulat ng isang opisyal mula sa Philippine embassy sa Indonesia na nakatanggap na ang 30-taong-gulang na si Veloso ng abiso para sa kanyang bitay na itinakda sa Abril 28.
“At 8:22 p.m. (Saturday) night, Manila time, our embassy rep [who] attended the meeting at Nusakambangan reported that Mary Jane was issued the letter of execution but she, lawyer, and embassy did not sign it, reasoning that there’s a pending 2nd appeal,” sabi ni Jose.
Idinagdag ni Jose na ang tanging pinirmahan lamang ni Veloso at ng kanyang mga abogado ay isang sulat na nagpapatunay na ayaw nilang pirmahan ang notice of execution.
Nauna nang sinabi ng DFA noong Biyernes na naghain sila ng ikalawang apela para sa kaso ni Veloso na kung saan ginamit nilang argumento na siya ay biktima ng human trafficking.
Inilipat si Veloso sa Nusakambangan Island Prison kung saan isasagawa ang kanyang bitay.
Umapela na rin si United Nations chief Secretary General Ban Ki-moon kay Indonesian President Joko Widodo na iligtas si Veloso at 9 na iba pa na nakatakdang bitayin.
“The Secretary General appeals to the government of Indonesia to refrain from carrying out the execution, as announced, of 10 prisoners on death row for alleged drug-related crimes,” sabi ng tagapagsalita ni Ban.
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