00:00After not giving up on Mary Jane's sudden return to the country,
00:04the Veloso family continued to pray for her to be released.
00:08One of the ways of executive clemency that the President can give,
00:12but there is no decision yet.
00:14According to the palace, John Consulta was able to do it.
00:22A person deprived of liberty is still considered to be Mary Jane Veloso
00:26even though she has returned to the Philippines.
00:28Even though she is not in jail,
00:30she is under the supervision of the National Bureau of Investigation
00:33and Correctional Institution for Women or C.I.W.
00:36And like a PDL, Mary Jane underwent booking procedures and mag shots.
00:41Earlier, Mary Jane even showed her hands
00:44to show the ink on her fingerprint.
00:47In this room, Mary Jane will stay for 5 days for her quarantine period.
00:52After that, Mary Jane has a 55-day mandatory orientation
00:56so that she can know the regulations inside, her rights, and more.
01:00While waiting for the decision of President Marcos
01:03if he will be able to grant her her wish to be completely free.
01:06It is noted that Mary Jane was sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2010
01:11because of the drug possession of a suitcase that was suddenly given to her by a recruiter.
01:16As of now, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said
01:19that the palace has not yet decided
01:21if Mary Jane will be given executive clemency.
01:24The review is said to be ongoing.
01:26DOJ's Usec Raul Vasquez said
01:28there are two ways for Mary Jane to be completely free from prison.
01:33This is the method of parole and executive clemency.
01:36Parole is a conditional release that is given
01:39if a PDL deserves the minimum period of prison sentence.
01:43It is given to a good record while in prison
01:47and in the account of Good Conduct Time Allowance or GCTA.
01:50A technical working group is established by the Bucor to study this
01:54and to find out if Mary Jane's 14 years in prison in Indonesia is included in the GCTA account.
02:01That is the beauty of the GCTA.
02:03It will not go through the Executive Department.
02:06Yes.
02:07Because when it is computed, it is only internal.
02:10We will also look at what is the system there, first and second.
02:17What was her conduct there?
02:19Third, what can be seen as favorable?
02:24Because the principle of our law is
02:28all procedural rules favorable to the accused are to be granted them.
02:35Because our primary concept is always towards human rights and the right to liberty.
02:43In due time, we will be able to know if Mary Jane is qualified for GCTA
02:53and then if there is a GCTA, has she served the minimum?
03:01So that will entitle her for parole.
03:04At our level, we can recommend that.
03:07The quickest way is the Executive Clemency that can be given by the President.
03:12In the opinion of our President,
03:15Executive Clemency can be done in the exercise of his ultimate and absolute authority
03:23along with other equally entitled PDLs.
03:27Why not?
03:28If our President will give Executive Clemency,
03:32definitely, he will also look at others.
03:35He cannot be singled out.
03:37For JMA Integrated News, John Consulta.
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