Comity, in its simplest form, is mutual friendship and friendliness between nations. It is a basic doctrine in public international law.
A request by one head of state to another, if not unreasonable, unfair or obnoxious, should be granted.
We invoke the sense of compassionate justice of the Indonesian president to
exercise his executive clemency powers and to save Mary Jane Veloso from execution.
May divine mercy touch his heart.
