Umapela si DFA Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega at DOJ Assistant Secretary Miko Clavano na hayaan lamang muna sana silang magtrabaho hinggil sa pagpapauwi sa bansa kay Mary Jane Veloso ng sa gayon hindi ito mabulilyaso.
Tumanggi muna sina De Vega at Clavano idetalye ang mga proseso dahil nagsisimula pa lamang ito.
Umaasa sila na sa lalong madaling panahon mapauuwi agad si Veloso.
Sa ngayon, hinihintay na lamang nila ang opisyal na tugon ng indonesia sa hiling nilang transfer ng kustodiya ni Veloso.
Inaayos na lamang ang ilang mga detalye sa mga patakaran para sa set up ng paglilipat kay Veloso sa kustodiya ng Pilipinas.
Sinabi ni de Vega,handa aniya ang Indonesia na ipaubaya kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang pag dedesisyon kalaunan kung bibigyan nito ng clemency si Veloso.
” So, the bottom line, once she’s here we are at least assured that there’ll be no death penalty, they do not issue the death penalty. We do not have the death penalty and we would under principles of international humanitarian law has some right to refuse if Indonesians would request her back but that’s precisely a sign that they are not interested to execute Miss Veloso and we thank them for that.
Lastly, there are a lot of speculations as to what was the return or what was the condition. The Indonesians have not requested any payback, any [unclear] for this. May I clarify, this is not in return for anything. Of course, from ASEAN we know about debt of gratitude and that similarly they may request something for us in the future but right now they are not asking anything in return for this arrangement. It is just a matter of them…of their devising and still a work in progress for Indonesia their official policy of the transfer.
So, when she gets here, if she gets here and when she gets here she will not immediately be released – in means, we will commit to detain her until such time that [unclear] mutual agreement that she could be given clemency. But at least, she would be here,” pahayag ni Usec De Vega.
