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PUBLISHED ON November 28, 2007 AT 2:01 AM

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27 November 2007

For Reference: REP. LIZA LARGOZA MAZA 0920-9134540
Jang Monte (Public Information Officer) 0915-6463009

SAVE MARILOU RANARIO -GABRIELA

Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Liza Maza today joined
militant group Migrante as they reiterated calls for the release of
Filipina domestic helper Marilou Ranario who had been sentenced to
death in Kuwait. The final decision of the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation
on the fate of Ranario will be released today, November 27.

“We also call on the Philippine government to exert all efforts in
saving Ranario and all other Filipino workers in death rows abroad. We
join her family in calling for a thorough re-investigation on her case
especially since there are questions and various conflicting issues on
the allegations against her. We do not want another Flor
Contemplacion,” said Maza.

The 35 year old Ranario allegedly killed her employer after the latter
repeatedly insulted and abused her. Kuwaiti Lower Courts convicted
Ranario despite her appeal and the letter of forgiveness given to
Ranario by her employer’s family.

Gabriela Representatives Luz Ilagan and Liza Maza along with Reps.
Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casino (Bayan Muna) and Rep. Crispin Beltran
(Anakpawis) have filed a resolution for the House of Representatives
to support and look into the cases of Ranario and other women OFWs
that have been sentenced to death abroad.

House Resolution 185 filed last August 29 calls on President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo to immediately address the plight of Overseas
Filipino Workers who are in death row and languishing in jails all
over the world by allocating funds for their legal assistance and
services, urgently asking host countries to put into halt the
execution of their death sentences and working towards their
vindication or the commutation of her sentences to a lesser degree.

According to Maza, “We need to know what measures this government can
take in order to ensure that our workers abroad are protected. At the
very least we need to make sure that they are given the needed legal,
medical and financial support when facing a predicament such as that
of Marilou Ranario’s. That Ranario shares this fate with over 34 other
Filipino migrants, and that 5 others have already died is indicative
of this government’s disservice to overseas Filipino workers whose
remittances keep the economy afloat.” #

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One Response to “Philippines: Save Marilou Ranario”

"Eight" Says:
December 12th, 2007 at 10:18 am
My reaction for such story is that Marilou Ranario had no right for killing her “amo”. It is also too much for the Kuwait Government to give her a death penalty. She also did for self defense because she was insulted and abused. All of us will also do that if we were in her place. So putting her in life imprisonment is better than giving her the death penalty. Grade 6c

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