The Department of Justice announced that the case of
Veloso’s recruiters will soon be resolved before the end of the Ramadan.
The GMA News shared on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, that the
preliminary investigation done on the case of ;Ma. Cristina Sergio and Julius
Lacanilao, the two alleged illegal recruiters of OFW Mary Jane Veloso, had been
submitted to the chief of the National Prosecution Service, Prosecutor General
Claro Arellano.
The news was told by the Prosecutor General himself as he
relayed it to the reporters.
According to him, Susan Azarcon, the assistant state
prosecutor, was the one who conducted the preliminary investigation and
whatever findings she had on the charges of illegal trafficking, and the estafa
case against the the two suspects, is undergoing a review.
Assuring the progress of the case, Arellano said, “We are
now reviewing the resolution, and we will release it probably within this
week.”
The Veloso family appealed to the DOJ to finally resolve the
complaints against the suspects because of the fear that Mary Jane Veloso might
be included among the list of convicts who will be executed should Indonesia
schedule another one after the end of Ramadan.
Apparently, their lawyer informed them that it is an
Indonesian government custom to make announcements involving their inmates
after Ramadan.
The observance of Ramadan ;started on June 18, 2015 and ;will
end on July 17, 2015.
Sharing their family’s sentiments, Maritess Veloso said, ;“Ipu-push
namin sa Department of Justice na madaliin na ang kaso kasi nag-aalala kami na
itong pagkatapos ng Ramadan, maga-announce na ang Indonesia ng mga bibitayin
uli. Ayaw naman namin mapasama si Mary Jane doon.”
(We are going to push
for the DOJ’s ;fast resolution of the
case because we are worried that after the Ramadan, Indonesia will announce
there will be another execution. We don’t want Mary Jane to be one of them.)
Worried about her sister, Maritess, who attended a
Thanksgiving Mass at the Ermita Church in Manila to commemorate the second
month after Mary Jane’s temporary reprieve, ;continued, “Kapag hindi nila
minadali ito, kapag nag-announce sila, baka kasama na si Mary Jane doon.”
(If they will not
hasten it, If they announce (Indonesia), Mary Jane might be one of them.)
Fearing that the Indonesian attorney general might grow
impatient over the slow resolution of the cases filed against the suspects,
Maritess added, ;“Kahit sabihin natin
matapang at buo ang loob niya, siyempre gusto pa rin niyang makauwi. So kahit
papaano, kahit sino lumagay sa katayuan niya may takot na mararamdaman. Siguro
nagwo-worry siya na baka mainip [ang Indonesian government].
(Even if we say she is brave and courageous, of course she hopes to
come home. Whoever it is who will be in her situation of course one will feel
afraid. ;Maybe she is worried that the
Indonesian government might be impatient.);
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