Two days before Veloso’s execution date, her family was allowed a visit. A year on, the accession of Duterte to the presidency has again changed the dynamics of Veloso’s case. But it was no surprise, she added, that Veloso’s life might seem of no worth to an administration that had adopted judicial or extrajudicial executions as “government policy”. Even Duterte has said that fighting for Veloso’s life would sit badly with his drugs crackdown. Ruperto Santos, a prominent Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines, said that “conflicting reports regarding the actions of President Duterte” on the Veloso case were regrettable.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2016 19:52 UTC