REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will carry out the execution of nine death row convicts, despite lobbying by the governments of various countries.

"Of course, countries whose citizens are facing the death penalty have approached the (Indonesian) government. But, it will not affect the nation's sovereignty," Attorney General HM Prasetyo stated here on Monday (27/4).

However, Prasetyo added, there was no lobbying against him, as, in accordance with the rules, the Attorney General should not be associated with parties concerned.

The nine convicts facing execution are Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from Australia; Raheem Agbaje Salami, Silvester Obiekwe Nwaolise, alias Mustofa, and Okwudili Oyatanze from Nigeria; Zainal Abidin from Indonesia; Rodrigo Gularte from Brazil; Martin Anderson, alias Belo, from Ghana; and Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso from the Philippines.

Meanwhile, French citizen Serge Areski Atlaoui has escaped the second round of executions as a judicial review of his case is ongoing at the State Administrative Court (PTUN).

Spokesman for the AGO Tony Tribagus Spontana stressed here on Monday that the delay in Atlaoui's execution was not due to pressure from the French Government.

"It is not because of pressure from the French president," he affirmed.

Challenging his death sentence, the Frenchman filed a review petition just before the April 23 deadline.

"He registered the review petition in the last minute, just before the deadline of 4 P.M. Thursday, April 23," Spontana pointed out.

As the AGO respects the legal process, it has decided to exclude Atlaoui from the list of convicts to be executed, he added.

If the PTUN rejects his appeal, he will be executed as planned, the spokesman observed.

The nine death row convicts are likely to face a firing squad in the second batch of executions.

They have already been moved to the isolation rooms of the Nusakambangan prison for execution.

Indonesia's decision to execute convicts has drawn strong protests from several countries.

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