Indonesian President Joko Widodo has committed that his government will reexamine the case of Mary Jane Veloso, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) on Indonesia's death row due to drug charges.

Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said this following Widodo's meeting with President Marcos in Malacañang on Wednesday, Jan. 10.

In a text message to reporters, Garafil said Marcos got the commitment from Widodo that the Indonesian government will reexamine the case of Veloso, who turned 39 on Wednesday.

"Yes, with the decision of the Indonesian government to look into the case filed by Mary Jane Veloso in the Philippines," she said.

"In fact, the Indonesian government is waiting for the decision of the Philippine court on the case she filed," she added.

Foreign Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said that Marcos remains hopeful that Veloso, who has been on Indonesia's death row for the past 14 years, would be granted clemency.

"President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed hope that the progression of the case of Ms. Veloso will merit her clemency at the appropriate time," Lazaro said in a statement.

In May last year, President Marcos asked President Widodo to at least reexamine Veloso's case during the former's visit to Indonesia for the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

According to Marcos, he brought up Veloso's case with Widodo, but they could not discuss it since the latter, as chairman of the Summit, was busy.

He added that Indonesia's position on Veloso's case remains unchanged. Because of this, he appealed to Widodo if they could at least review her case.

"Sabi ko (I said), the best that we can do, I suppose, is for the Indonesian authorities to reexamine the case as a favor to the Philippines," Marcos said.

"Yun lang ang napag-usapan namin (That's all we discussed), not more than that," he added.

Veloso is on death row in Indonesia and was supposed to be executed by firing squad after she was caught with 2.6 kilograms of heroin at an Indonesian airport in 2010. Veloso denied knowing the contraband.

In April 2015, she was granted a last-minute reprieve after the late president Benigno Aquino III personally appealed to Widodo for a reprieve on Veloso's execution on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia.

The Indonesian government delayed her execution after Veloso's alleged recruiters had already surrendered to Philippine authorities.

More than a year later, reports stated that former president Rodrigo Duterte told Widodo that the Philippines would not interfere with Indonesia's legal processes.