We certainly do not want the situation in the Philippines where Mary Jane Veloso will be serving sentence for the rest of her life," Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo De Vega said.

Filipina domestic worker Mary Jane Veloso, who was sentenced to death in Indonesia on drug charges, said Thursday that she was "elated" to be returning home after a deal was brokered between the two nations.

The Indonesian government is open to the possibility of allowing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant drug convict Mary Jane Veloso clemency, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said. Veloso,