Even though the two convicted ringleaders of the drug smuggling group the Bali Nine have already both had bids for clemency rejected by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the pair have no idea when they will face the firing squad.
The government has not set any official date and place for the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, reports the AAP. Indonesian attorney general’s spokesman Tony Spontana told the AAP this as of yesterday.
“Up to today the Attorney General hasn’t decided the schedule and the place for the implementation (of the punishment),” he reportedly said.
Chan and Sukumaran are on death row for trying to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin out of Bali with a group of Australians called the Bali Nine. The pair had lodged appeals for clemency under Indonesia’s previous president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, but the former president left office before addressing them.
Jokowi has gone on the record as being super “firm” with using the death penalty for drug traffickers and intends to execute 20 of the country’s death row drug offenders this year. The first round of executions saw six offenders shot last weekend, despite objections from the international community.
Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo says the Bali Nine pair will be executed together.
Chan and Sukumaran’s legal team have reportedly said they are working on a PK, which would allow them to appeal again with the addition of new evidence. This new evidence would likely include demonstrations of the pair’s efforts at rehabilitation, reform, and good character.
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