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Mary Jane Veloso, shows a batik design she created during her time at Yogyakarta Women鈥檚 Correctional Institution Class IIB in Wonosari, Yogyakarta on December 13, 2024.聽 (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
MANILA 鈥� Malaca帽ang on Tuesday said nothing is final yet on the possible pardon for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) after over a decade of imprisonment in Indonesia.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said the government, at the moment, is focused on facilitating her immediate return.
鈥淣othing to say yet on what may happen. The priority of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is to have Veloso repatriated without delay,鈥� Bersamin told reporters when asked about the potential for a presidential pardon in the wake of recent developments.
Veloso was arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with 2.6 kg. of heroin.
She had maintained her innocence, saying she was an unwitting drug mule for a Philippine employment recruiter.
She was given a last-minute reprieve in April 2015 when the Philippine government informed Indonesia that her recruiters had surrendered.
Last month, Marcos bared that Indonesia agreed to repatriate Veloso.
Malaca帽ang on Monday evening confirmed Veloso鈥檚 imminent return to the country, adding that the country will honor the terms of her return, details of which have yet to be disclosed.