THE Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has called anew on President Rodrigo Duterte to save the life of overseas worker Mary Jane Veloso who is on death row after she was convicted of drug smuggling in Indonesia.
Balanga Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairman of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People, made the appeal over the weekend following a decision by the appellate court disallowing Veloso’s testimony against her recruiters, who allegedly tricked her into transporting illegal drugs to Indonesia in 2010.
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