Lawyers for the Australians on Indonesian death row were supposed to argue their case for an appeal of the presidential decree rejecting the Bali Nine pair’s clemency bid today.
But a no-show key witness and tardy lawyers today did not help matters for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and has resulted in their court time getting adjourned until next week, reports Australia’s ABC.
The legal team is reportedly trying to introduce new evidence to apply for a full trial so they can challenge President Joko Widodo’s refusal to extend clemency.
According to ABC, a key witness meant to testify for the Bali Nine pair could not attend court because he was teaching at university. You would think this would be the kind of thing he would reschedule class for.
Reports also said Chan and Sukumaran’s lawyers were late to court, which of course made Jokowi’s lawyers complain (not like they had not experienced jam karet at any time before).
After today’s mishaps, they reportedly have until Monday to get the witness to court and the judge said they better not be late.
Documents were reportedly submitted, however, today by the Bali Nine lawyers.
“There are 10 evidence letters for the judges consideration, all about the law related to the clemency,” lawyer Leonard Arpan said, as quoted by ABC.
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