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Malacañang said Indonesian authorities confirms that the execution of Mary Jane will proceed.
President Benigno Aquino Jr. discussions with President Joko Widodo failed to pardon the mother-of-two children from the death sentence.
Following the meeting earlier between two Presidents, Widodo felt “symphatetic” about the flight of a Filipina facing death for drug trafficking and was counsulting with the Indonesian Attorney General on the legal issues.
Monday evening, President Widodo instructed his Foreign Minister to convey to the Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs the final view of the Indonesian Attorney General. The latter says, “all countries whose citizens will be executed will certainly approach the government, but they cannot influence our sovereignty.”
Afterwhich, the Palace released a statement reiterating what Indonesian Attorney General M Prasetyo has said, “there is no basis to reconsider the death sentence; that the execution will need to be enforced.”
Having received the result of his last-ditch appeal, President Aquino “instructed the Philippine ambassador in Indonesia to communicate with Mary Jane and find out what may be done to address her concerns for her family,” said in the statement.
French death row convict Serge Areski Atlaoui has been exempted from the deaths scheduled for Tuesday, as he is resubmitting his second case review to the State Administrative Court.
AGO spokesperson Tony Tribagus Spontana confirmed the delay in Atlaoui’s execution. “The delay is not because of pressure from the French president as has been rumored,” he said on Monday.
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