Senators Joel Villanueva and Raffy Tulfo say this is 'not acceptable.'
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs told a Senate hearing on Tuesday, January 17, that very few Filipinos accused of crimes abroad get acquitted despite available legal assistance from the Philippine government.
Senator Raffy Tulfo, committee chairman, asked Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega for the number of acquittals of Filipinos abroad in the last 5 to 10 years. Kasi ang nangyayari diyan, most of the time, ang nangyayari paano natutulungan [ang] Filipino – nase-settle, hindi na dumidiretso pa sa kasoAccording to the same chart, 1,278 Filipinos were convicted with finality out of the 5,141 monitored cases in that time period.
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