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00:00Good night to the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines and her transfer to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong.
00:08We will be joined by Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres. Good morning, sir.
00:14Hello, Susan. Good morning to all of you and to all the listeners.
00:21Usec, Mary Jane Veloso is now here in the Philippines.
00:24Her call now is for a clemency.
00:27Have you talked to President Bongbong Marcos about this?
00:31Well, first of all, this is a great success for our country.
00:36One thing that was almost hopeless,
00:40suddenly there was hope and all the wishes of the people to return home,
00:46Mary Jane Veloso fulfilled.
00:49And you are right, dear President,
00:52we should ask about the next possible events.
00:58And for now, we need to help her
01:02because we don't want to pre-empt anything that the Indonesian government can do.
01:08Because of the goodness of the Indonesian government and their President,
01:14our wish to bring Mary Jane Veloso back has come true.
01:19Now that Mary Jane has just arrived,
01:22we will give our President time to exercise her right to grant executive clemency or pardon.
01:32For now, the situation is that Mary Jane will serve her sentence
01:40because when she was in Indonesia, she was sentenced to life imprisonment and in fact death penalty.
01:49And we are very happy that the death penalty has not been implemented immediately.
01:55And because of the help of the previous presidents,
02:00during the time of GMA, Gloria Arroyo, President Aquino, and now President Marcos,
02:07if not for the help of our presidents and their guidance to the President of Indonesia,
02:14the return of Mary Jane Veloso will not be a reality.
02:19Jose Andres, Christmas is just a few days away.
02:23Her family has not been with her for a long time.
02:26Will you allow Mary Jane Veloso to return to Nueva Ecija?
02:31Well, for now, what we need to do is to give her medical attention.
02:37When she was not leaving Indonesia, she was experiencing a lot of pain,
02:43including headache.
02:45So medical attention and medical check-up, we will do that first.
02:49And then the documentation also needs to be done soon enough.
02:56And for now, we will immediately give the immediate family of Mary Jane,
03:06to be able to hug, to be able to talk to Mary Jane in CIW in Mandaluyong.
03:13But the return to Nueva Ecija, maybe they will request that.
03:18And very unlikely that we will give a special treatment,
03:23because as you know, we are a rule of law,
03:26it is not possible that as soon as a person returns to the province,
03:30he will serve his sentence.
03:32But even inside CIW, they will be given a place to have a family reunion.
03:41And somehow, even on Christmas Day, they might be able to be together in CIW.
03:48Jose, how long will he be in CIW?
03:51And how is the condition of his cell?
03:56Well, he will be in prison for a long time because of life imprisonment.
04:02And in 2010, he was sentenced for death penalty and life imprisonment.
04:08But the Executive Clemency is still open,
04:12so I'm not looking at the number of years that he will spend there.
04:17Let's give him the right time.
04:19Let's respect the country of Indonesia because they want to serve a term of life imprisonment.
04:27But it is also in the agreement that we have the right
04:33to impose the provisions of the Executive Clemency.
04:38It is also in our Constitution that he can be given Executive Clemency or Absolute Pardon
04:46so that he can be released earlier.
04:48Sec. Andres, his family is worried about the security of Mary Jane Veloz.
04:54Will there be any changes in the security that will be given to Mary Jane Veloz while she is in CIW?
05:04The Bureau of Corrections will ensure that Mary Jane Veloz has strong security.
05:13And we know that there are other individuals who were convicted because of this drug case.
05:21It also involved two human traffickers who were also convicted.
05:25And we will ensure that they are separated.
05:28And that Mary Jane's safety is assured in the CIW.
05:33We talked to General Katapang, the head of the Bureau of Corrections,
05:39and he assured me that he will do everything to ensure the safety of Mary Jane.
05:45Okay. Thank you very much Justice Undersecretary Jesse Andres.
05:49Good morning to you.
05:51Thank you very much. Good morning.
05:53Good morning.