The Supreme Court (SC) has noted without action an urgent omnibus motion filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) seeking new instructions on the taking of deposition of Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged recruiters.
The Supreme Court has noted without action an urgent omnibus motion filed by the Office of the Solicitor General seeking new instructions on the taking of deposition of Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged recruiters.
“The Court, even being the highest court of the land, cannot alter what is already rendered absolute. The case has already been completely put to rest - Mary Jane is allowed by our law to give her testimony in Cristina and Julius' case by deposition through written interrogatories under Rules 23 and 25 of our country's Rules of Court,” the SC said.
“The executive department has already done so before when, through the ardent efforts of the Department of Justice, it magnificently secured this legal miracle for Mary Jane, that she may air her side of the story despite her incarceration and conviction in a foreign country,” it said. The High Court, in its October 2019 decision, allowed Veloso to testify against Sergio and Lacanilao saying prohibiting her from doing so would “curtail” her “right to due process”.
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