Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) group mourns the surprising death of executed Filipina in Kuwait, crying for justice.
“Justice must be served, heads must roll!" cries Migrante International.
In a statement published by the OFW group, they expressed their sorrow and condemnation to the government's failure to save the life of Jakatia Pawa, a domestic helper from Zamboanga del Norte sentenced to death for alleged murder of her employer's daughter.
“As we mourn the death of our fellow OFW, we express our strongest condemnation on the government’s failure to save the life of Jakatia Pawa," Mic Catuira, Acting Secretary General of Migrante said.
Catuira added that allegedly criminal neglect were done by the previous administrations while the current government acted too late to save Pawa from the death row.
(READ: Convicted Pinay OFW Executed by Hanging in Kuwait)
The case of Pawa, a mother of two, extends wayback the regime of Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2006 to President Rodrigo Duterte when she was executed all of a sudden.
Pawa apparently died in the absence of justice.
Evidences are saying that her fingerprints were not present in the knife used, and her blood doesn't match the DNA found in the crime scene.
Pawa has been strong in proving her innocence throughout the investigation and trial despite government's failure to provide her a lawyer in the early stages.
“Her death is a result of the government’s policy of not providing immediate legal assistance to OFWs," Catuira said.
He added that the government must be held accountable for Pawa may have not died if they just had attended to her sooner.
In this cause, they are calling the President to investigate the case and to instigate officials that should be held accountable.
In their monitoring, the government have not provided assistance to almost 100 OFWs who faces death sentence and almost 9,000 in detention.
Source: Migrante International
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