A member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords or upper parliament has written a letter addressed to the government of the United Arab Emirates asking to grant clemency to Jennifer Dalquez, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in the death row.
According to Philippine News Agency, Inderjit Singh, Lord of Wimbledon CBE, has sent a letter to UAE Ambassador Sulaiman Hamid Almazroui saying that,”It is clear from the evidence that her action was not pre-meditated, but a desperate response to an unprovoked sexual attack. I am writing to you to use your good offices to remove the threat of the death penalty and for the authorities to show due clemency.”
An excerpt of the letter was posted on the website of Network of Sikh Organizations, the British-registered charity that Singh chairs.
The same post contains a statement from the pro-migrant worker group Justice For Domestic Workers (J4DW).
As a refreseher, Dalquez was sentenced to death for killing her employer on May 20, 2015.
She insisted it was self defense as her employer, armed with a knife, allegedly tried to rape her.
The Court of Appeals in Al Ain deferred to April 12 its ruling on Dalquez’s execution after one of the victim’s children failed to show up on a scheduled hearing.
Dalquez could be saved from execution if the victim’s two children will opt for the payment of blood money. –MN with reports from PNA
