An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday expressed pessimism on President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s appeal to the government of the China to lower the death sentence to life imprisonment of the 35-year old Filipina convicted of drug trafficking.

“In my opinion, our appeal may not be granted because of the political angle. Let us admit that the foreign relationship between the Philippines and China is unstable, so I doubt if any miracle can happen,” the CBCP–Episcopal Commission on Itinerant People (ECMI) Executive Secretary Fr. Edwin Corros said.

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