Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will soon be moved from Krobokan prison in Bali to Nusakambangan, Central Java.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government is ready to execute the Australian drug offenders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from the "Bali Nine" gang who are now on death row, Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasona H. Laoly stated.
"For sure, we are ready," Minister Laoly remarked at the vice presidential palace, here, Tuesday.
He, however, desisted from divulging the exact date of the execution.
Some preparations have been made, which include providing special rooms for the two convicts.
Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran will soon be moved from Krobokan prison in Bali to Nusakambangan, Central Java.
Some 100 police personnel will guard the transfer of the two Australians to Nusakambangan, where the executions will be carried out.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has turned down their request for clemency.
Earlier, Jokowi stated that no clemency will be granted to drug traffickers who have been sentenced to death.
"It (capital punishment) is still our positive law, and it is not the president who decides the death penalty, but it is the courts verdict. The president is only requested to grant clemency, but there is no clemency for drug traffickers," the president remarked here, Monday.
As 50 people die every day due to drug consumption, therefore drug offenders should not be given clemency, he emphasized.
"How can we give them clemency when 50 people die every day, 18 thousand die every year, and 4.5 million people need rehabilitation? I say no, no clemency for such crimes," he stated.
He affirmed that no country should interfere in Indonesias legal sovereignty.
Executions of drug-related criminals on death row are part of the legal sovereignty of Indonesia, he noted.
The attorney general plans to execute 11 criminals, comprising eight involved in drug offenses and three in murders.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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