“The two presidents before Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “did nothing” to save convicted Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso from execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia.”
What Vera Files found
Former president Rodrigo Duterte chose not to interfere with Indonesia’s judicial process, saying he would accept the country’s decision on Mary Jane’s case. However, the late president Benigno Aquino III took steps to save the convicted Filipina from execution. In April 2015, Mary Jane was granted a last-minute reprieve after Aquino broke protocol to delay her execution by firing squad.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Cesar Veloso made this claim around 4 September 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 September 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- news.abs-cbn.comhttps://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/09/04/22/veloso-dad-hopes-marcos-will-talk-to-widodo-f…
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