The execution is a positive law that is enforced in the country, thus anyone should respect it as Indonesia also respects the laws of other countries.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Attorney General HM Prasetyo has stressed his side will never down to carry out the executions of death row inmates in drug cases despite protests from a number of countries whose citizens were executed.
"We will never down to carry out executions," the Attorney General said here on Monday.
The execution is a positive law that is enforced in the country, thus anyone should respect it as Indonesia also respects the laws of other countries, he stressed.
That is an international association of ethics that should be respected, he reiterated.
The Attorney Generals Office (AGO) has executed six drug convicts early on Sunday, including Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira from Brazil, Namaona Denis from Malawi, Daniel Enemuo from Nigeria, Tran Thi Bich Hanh from Vietnam, Ang Kiem Soei alias Kim Ho alias Ance Tahir (62) from the Netherlands, and Indonesian Rani Andriani.
More convicts are expected to be executed soon as President Joko Widodo has said he would not give clemency for drug convicts.
Government officials have described the country being in crisis with rampant drug traffic and that 40-50 drug users in Indonesia died every day.
In the meantime, an international law expert said, the Indonesian government need not worry about the step taken by Brazil and the Netherlands to recall their ambassadors in Indonesia following the execution of their citizens for drug offenses.
"Following the execution, Brazil recalled its ambassador in Indonesia for consultations, and so did the Netherlands. The Indonesian government need not overreact to the step," Professor Hikmahanto Juwana of University of Indonesia (UI) said in a written statement on Sunday.
The step should not discourage the Indonesian government from executing the next death row convicts, he added.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
Copyright © ANTARA 2015
