Kabayan party-list Representative Ron Salo, head of the panel, urged the government to provide urgent assistance to the OFWs.
At least 83 Filpinos abroad are on death row in different countries due to various offenses, Department of Foreign Affairs officials told the House overseas workers affairs committee this week.
“It is surprising how many of our Filipinos overseas are facing death row and most of us are not aware of it. The most recent case of Mary Jane Veloso, the only one in Indonesia, wildly agitated our political landscape for quite some time. Now, how do we make of these 83 cases?,” Salo said in a statement.
Salo then said that based on the account of Assistant Secretary Paul Cortes of the Department of Foreign Affairs, most of these cases are already in the final and executory stage and that the only remedy that the Philippine government can work on for them is to secure a pardon.
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