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Only 4 of 139 Duterte pardons went to foreigners: DOJ

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Sep 09 2020 10:28 AM | Updated as of Sep 09 2020 10:33 AMMANILA — Only 4 of the 139 executive clemencies that President Rodrigo Duterte has issued so far during his term went to foreigners, the justice department said Wednesday, following criticism of the pardon for a US soldier who killed a Filipina transgender woman.

Of these 139 conditional and absolute pardons since 2016, 135 went to Filipinos. The 4 that were for foreigners included 2 that were under a prisoner swap deal with the UAE, said Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. “This is a lot more than than the total number of pardons given during the previous administration,” he told ANC.

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