Preparation For Executing Death Row Prisoners Almost Complete: AG

Jakarta, Feb 25 (Antara) - Attorney General HM Prasetyo said here Wednesday that preparations for executing ten prisoners on death row are 90 percent complete and there will be no cancellation of executions. "We have finished ninety percent of our preparations. What is left is just coordinating with related parties, transporting the inmates from their prisons to Nusakambangan Penitentiary, and preparing a firing squad," he noted. Speaking at the State Palace here, Prasetyo emphasized the executions will be carried out without delay as the government has finalized its decision on the matter. "This is about the state's authority and consistency in law enforcement," he stated, adding that six of the 10 prisoners have already been moved to Nusakambangan Penitentiary, while the transfer of the remaining four are in process. Asked about the fate of a convicted Brazilian drug smuggler, Rodrigo Gularte, who has been reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia, he said he will ask authorized experts whether the prisoner indeed has schizophrenia. Besides Rodrigo Gularte, the other prisoners who will be executed in the near future include Syofial, alias Iyen bin Azwar, (Indonesia); Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (the Philippines); Myuran Sukumaran, alias Mark, (Australia); Harun bin Ajis (Indonesia); Sargawi, alias Ali bin Sanusi, (Indonesia); and Andrew Chan (Australia). Indonesia recently executed six drug convicts as part of its serious efforts to combat drug trafficking in the country. The six convicts were Namaona Denis of Malawi, Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira of Brazil, Daniel Enemuo, alias Diarrassouba Mamadou, of Nigeria, Ang Kiem Soei, alias Kim Ho, alias Ance Tahir, of the Netherlands, Rani Andriani, alias Melisa Aprilia, of Indonesia, and Tran Thi Bich Hanh of Vietnam.