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ANDREW Chan and Myuran Sukumaran have a legitimate legal case
that should prevent Indonesian authorities from moving on their
executions, their lawyers argue
Lawyers for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are vowing to launch a fresh legal bid.
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THE Bali Nine pair on Monday lost a bid to challenge their clemency rejections, with the state administrative court upholding its earlier decision that the presidential decrees were outside its jurisdiction.
Jakarta is now just waiting on the legal efforts of a few other prisoners before setting an execution date. Chan and Sukumaran's lawyers plan to move their battle to the constitutional court. Attorney-General HM Prasetyo has dismissed such plans as delaying tactics.
His spokesman Tony Spontana on Monday evening issued a statement that made plain Jakarta's view of the situation.
"The State Administrative Court decision that rejected the challenge from the Bali Nine duo is certainly a relief and we predicted it would be rejected because clemency is the president's prerogative right as the head of state," he said.
"With this decision, it brings us a step closer to the execution schedule." Australian lawyer for the death row pair, Peter Morrissey, told the ABC the fresh legal effort should be respected.
"This is not some delaying tactic or playing games with the courts," he said.
He vowed to pursue the constitutional court action as hard as possible for the Sydney men, who are now imprisoned on Central Java's Nusakambangan island, where Indonesia would send them to the firing squad.
"There is a live legal battle going on and we'll keep that going as long as there's life," Mr Morrissey said.
Two of the other eight prisoners in line for execution with the Australians have applied for Supreme Court judicial reviews, while another is also pursuing an administrative court case.
Lawyers for Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan are vowing to launch a fresh legal bid.
SouTHE Bali Nine pair on Monday lost a bid to challenge their clemency rejections, with the state administrative court upholding its earlier decision that the presidential decrees were outside its jurisdiction.
Jakarta is now just waiting on the legal efforts of a few other prisoners before setting an execution date. Chan and Sukumaran's lawyers plan to move their battle to the constitutional court. Attorney-General HM Prasetyo has dismissed such plans as delaying tactics.
His spokesman Tony Spontana on Monday evening issued a statement that made plain Jakarta's view of the situation.
"The State Administrative Court decision that rejected the challenge from the Bali Nine duo is certainly a relief and we predicted it would be rejected because clemency is the president's prerogative right as the head of state," he said.
"With this decision, it brings us a step closer to the execution schedule." Australian lawyer for the death row pair, Peter Morrissey, told the ABC the fresh legal effort should be respected.
"This is not some delaying tactic or playing games with the courts," he said.
He vowed to pursue the constitutional court action as hard as possible for the Sydney men, who are now imprisoned on Central Java's Nusakambangan island, where Indonesia would send them to the firing squad.
"There is a live legal battle going on and we'll keep that going as long as there's life," Mr Morrissey said.
Two of the other eight prisoners in line for execution with the Australians have applied for Supreme Court judicial reviews, while another is also pursuing an administrative court case.
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