Philippine convicted drug smuggler on death row Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (R) listens to court interpreter at a court in Sleman in central Java island during a hearing of judicial review on March 3, 2015 after a plea for clemency was rejected by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

The Indonesian government is open to the possibility of allowing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant drug convict Mary Jane Veloso clemency, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said. Veloso,

Veloso, now 39, has been on death row in Indonesia since her arrest for heroin trafficking in Yogyakarta in 2010.

The Department of Migrant Workers on Saturday visited the family of Mary Jane Veloso in Nueva Ecija and provided assistance ahead of her return in the country. According to a report by Vonne Aquino, financial assistance,

The Philippines is “bound to honor” the conditions set by Indonesia in allowing the transfer of Mary Jane Veloso back to the country, including the serving of her sentence, the national government said Thursday.

Indonesia will fully respect whatever decision President Marcos makes on the grant of clemency to Mary Jane Veloso, the overseas Filipino worker saved from execution on drug trafficking charges. In a video statement,

NUPL sec-gen Edre Olalia said the transfer of custody must be done as soon as possible and with least "fanfare."

Mary Jane Veloso, who was sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges said Thursday that she was “elated” to be returning home, after a deal brokered between the two nations. Veloso was arrested in Indonesia in 2010 carrying a suitcase lined with 2.

Clemency for Mary Jane Veloso? Marcos says ‘everything is on the table’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said “everything is on the table” regarding drug convict Mary Jane Veloso’s fate once she returns to the Philippines.