By Ainur Rohmah
JAKARTA, Indonesia
Indonesian attorney general has again defied international diplomatic pressure to underline that 10 people currently awaiting firing squad in the country will soon be executed.
"No matter how much pressure we face, we will keep going," Muhammad Prasetyo told reporters Wednesday, adding that preparations for the executions were at 90 percent.
"I have said previously this is about enforcing the law consistently," he said.
Indonesia has been under pressure from France, Brazil, and the Netherlands -- whose nationals are thought to be included in the 10 -- while on Wednesday Australia's foreign minister asked Indonesian President Joko Widodo to show mercy to two Australian drug traffickers, following the failure of another appeal.
"We are very disappointed that the appeal was lost at this point," Julia Bishop told Network Nine.
"But I understand that the lawyers are considering a further legal avenue and they have about 14 days in which to do so."
On Tuesday, a Jakarta court rejected the appeal by the two Australians, Andrew Chan, 31 and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, against Widodo's rejection of their original request for clemency.
"What we are asking is that President Widodo show mercy to these two young Australians," Bishop told Sky News, calling him a "generous and forgiving man."
Prasetyo underlined Wednesday that the government has not been affected by the international pressure.
He said that of the 10 prisoners, four are yet to be transferred to the prison island of Nusakambangan, off the southern coast of Java.
He added that of the four, two -- thought to be Chan and Sukumaran -- were still in prison in Bali, one -- Spaniard Raheem Agbaje Salami -- was in Madiun, and another prisoner -- Filipino Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso -- remained in Yogyakarta.
The attorney general is still to determine the time of execution, but said that the time and names of those to be killed would be announced three days before execution.
"The implementation [of the death penalty] will be carried out simultaneously," he added.
Kompas.com reported Wednesday that the Attorney General's Office is currently examining death row prisoner Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte, as he is reported to be suffering from a mental disorder.
"We will ask for a second opinion," he said.
Gularte is scheduled to be executed some time in the next few weeks. His appeal for clemency has also been rejected.
Chan and Sukumaran -- from Sydney -- led a gang that attempted to smuggle 8.3 kilograms (18 pounds) of heroin valued at $3.2 million from Indonesia to Australia in April 2005.
The other seven members were sentenced to life terms.
In January, Widodo said he would refuse clemency for 64 drugs offenders facing execution, citing the harm caused to Indonesia by illegal narcotics.
On Jan. 18 five foreigners and an Indonesian convicted of drugs offenses were executed by firing squad despite diplomatic pleas for a last minute reprieve.
Indonesia has said 20 executions are scheduled for this year.
