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Marcos urged to grant clemency to Mary Jane Veloso
A resolution was filed urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina drug convict in Indonesia, recognizing her as a victim of human trafficking.
Veloso was arrested in 2010 in Yogyakarta with 2.6 kilograms of heroin and sentenced to death, though she claims she was an unwitting drug mule.
Her death sentence was commuted in 2015 amid a strong appeal from Philippine officials led by the late President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III.
She was able to return to the country in 2024 after Marcos and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto agreed that she could serve her sentence in her home country.
Gabriela Party-list Representative Sarah Jane Elago stated that granting clemency is a humanitarian act recognized by the Constitution and that President Marcos Jr. has the power and responsibility to correct the injustice.
Indonesia has indicated it would defer to the Philippines' decision regarding Veloso's clemency.
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