Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Abu Dhabi based Jennifer Dalquez will be spared from execution.
In a press conference held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bello said he was invited by five ambassadors after he said that he will ban the deployment of household service workers to the Middle East if another OFW gets executed.
“I recall when there was a news that one of our OFWs was going to be executed, I mentioned, in passing, that if one of our OFWs get executed again, I’m going to declare a ban on deployment of HSW,” Bello said adding that, “I received an invitation, a dinner invitation, from 5 ambassadors, and in a manner of speaking, parang may commitment sila na wala nang bibitayin,” Bello was quoted to have said by ABS CBN News.
He added that the assurance he got from the ambassadors will benefit the case of Dalquez.
“And that favored the case of Dalquez who is now in Abu Dhabi and who has been sentenced to die. Pero I was assured by no less than the Minister of Labor na hindi na po siya bibitayin. Probably ‘yung bluff ko, brought very positive fruit kasi alam mo, kailangan nila ang Filipino workers natin. They prefer us,” Bello added in the same report.
According to the Philippine Embassy in Abu Dhabi, Dalquez’s hearing was rescheduled from April 12 to April 26.
Dalquez was present in court but the two sons of the accused did not attend the proceedings. According to the counsel of the sons of the victim the reason of the former not attending was because Dalquez has already admitted to killing the crime.
