"I have said that judicially it was close to the final stage, but new developments have emerged after several of the death convicts directly or through lawyers filed for appeals," Attorney General HM Prasetyo noted.
Five convicts have filed suits for a judicial review. They include Martin Anderson from Ghana, Mary Jane from the Philippines, and Serge Areski Atlaoui from France.
Two Australian death convicts Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are also appealing against the Presidential Decrees that rejected their clemency pleas.
Prasetyo remarked he should respect the ongoing legal processes, although they were already close to the final stage in terms of technical aspects.
"We have to be patient and wait for certain non-judicial processes," he added.
He pointed out he will not act arbitrarily and will still give an opportunity (for them to seek legal avenues), though their efforts are useless because their clemency requests have already been turned down.
"No other legal avenues can be taken. The only question is when to implement the death penalty," he noted.
The attorney general explained that similar to the first round, the executions will be carried out simultaneously as planned.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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