The parents of Filipina death row convict Mary Jane Veloso during the Bonifacio Day protest in Mendiola, November 30, 2024. Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

The parents of Filipina death row convict Mary Jane Veloso during the Bonifacio Day protest in Mendiola, November 30, 2024

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1732950480383113024_Mary Jane Veloso.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The parents of Filipina death row convict Mary Jane Veloso during the Bonifacio Day protest in Mendiola, November 30, 2024. Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The parents of Filipina death row convict Mary Jane Veloso during the Bonifacio Day protest in Mendiola, November 30, 2024. <em>Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span>MANILA -- The mother of death row convict Mary Jane Veloso on Saturday hoped she would return in time for the holidays, just as she renewed calls for her clemency.</div><p>Veloso — who was arrested in 2010 for carrying 2.6 kilograms of heroin in her luggage — was supposed to be executed in 2015 until the last-minute arrest of her recruiter, who allegedly stashed the illegal drugs in her bags without her knowledge.</p><p>But the Indonesian government approved her return, according to an announcement made by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/20/mary-jane-veloso-coming-home-to-ph-marcos-jr-829">READ: Mary Jane Veloso returning to PH after 14 years of imprisonment in Indonesia -- Marcos</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/28/indonesia-aims-to-return-mary-jane-veloso-by-january-0646">READ: Indonesia aims to return Mary Jane Veloso to Philippines by January</a></div><p>&quot;Masayang-masaya kami na makakalaya na ang anak ko,&quot; said Celia Veloso. </p><p>&quot;Ang panawagan ko sa gobyerno natin na sana ibigay na ng ating Presidente ang clemency niya at makasama namin sa Pasko si Mary Jane,&quot; she added. </p><p>Celia was also present during the Bonifacio Day protest held in Mendiola, saying things were different now.</p><p>&quot;Dati po ako&#x27;y nakaharap sa inyo, puro ako iyak. Pero ngayon, masayang-masaya ako. Dati nawalan ako nang pag-asa, nakaraan na 6 na taon, walang hearing na naganap, walang ingay, tahimik na tahimik,&quot; she said. </p><p>Veloso, whose case sparked uproar in the country, said last week she was &quot;very elated&quot; after hearing she may soon return home.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/22/lawyer-calls-for-mary-jane-veloso-repatriation-before-christmas-1355">READ: Lawyer calls for Mary Jane Veloso repatriation before Christmas</a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YqFMBTn7umw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div></div>

<p>The mother of death row convict Mary Jane Veloso on Saturday hoped she would return in time for the holidays, just as she renewed calls for her clemency.</p>

The mother of death row convict Mary Jane Veloso on Saturday hoped she would return in time for the holidays, just as she renewed calls for her clemency.

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Published Nov 30, 2024 03:08 PM PHT

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