IndonesianGovernment Ready to Die Convicted Drug Execution

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IndonesianGovernment Ready to Die Convicted Drug Execution

 Attorney General's Office in collaboration with a team of police made preparations for the execution of the convicted bookie Drugs.

 JAKARTA

 Attorney General's Office (AGO) has declared its readiness to execute the death sentence against convicted bookie nakoba. Head of Legal Information Center Attorney General Tony T Spontana to VOA, Thursday (11/12) explains, in cooperation with the police prosecuting team made various preparations for the implementation of the death penalty.

 "If we make a percentage scale yes already at 70-80 percent of the preparations. Because in addition to already discussed at the ministerial level, then the Attorney General has also been coordinating with the Chief of Police, the executor of the AGO's team has prepared executing prosecutors in areas where the execution will be done," Agung said Tony T Spontana.

 "Furthermore, the prosecutor in the area will conduct coordination meetings with relevant parties the execution of this. Especially coordination with local police to set up a firing squad. Coordination is also related to the location, and when the hour," he explained.

 Tony added, execution is not concentrated in one place. This will be determined from the executor team coordination in the area.

 "The execution is determined by, first, in the area of criminal law teridana dropped dead. Second, consider where now the convict was in the penitentiary area," said Tony.

 "There are times when, for example, the Jakarta district court sentenced him to death, but is concerned detained in Nusa Kambangan, well this is a consideration. Is there later or security considerations of practicality and so on. Then it will be determined based on the coordination meeting between the teams executor in the area," he added.

 Of note AGO, there are 64 convicted death penalty. However, there are only five convicts who already legally binding so that it can be executed prosecutor. Five sentenced to death in drug cases will be executed at the end of this year.

 Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) criticized the government's decision related to the death penalty against the city of drug cases. Defense Advocacy Division on Civil and Political Rights Hernowo Alex Argo said, the government has violated human rights in the form of the person's right to life.

 "Government today see the concept of human rights halves. Do not see how the right to live it as something that can not be reduced under any circumstances," said Alex Argo Hernowo.

 Alex added, KontraS wish there was an alternative punishment for convicted drug dealers this. "There's like a life sentence. Or just as corrupt by impoverishing his property. It also can be applied to drug dealers. Or do social work," he continued.

 Different opinions expressed, Chairman of the National Anti-Narcotics Movement (Granat) Henry Yosodiningrat. He asked, that the death penalty for drug dealers is no longer being debated in the public discussion. According to Henry, the appropriate punishment meted out to convicted drug, because it causes the effect of the losses from taking drugs.

 "At least every day of killing at least 50 people every day. Public funding taken them (the drug dealers), from drug spending one day of the 5 million people who consume, multiplied by USD 200 thousand per package drugs, reach $ 1 trillion per day, "Henry said Yosodiningrat.

 Henry appreciate the decisive step of President Joko Widodo who refuse forgiveness 64 death row drug cases. "A proof that Mr. Jokowi not like people are saying that he did not expressly because it is not the army. But the fact he proved in accordance with the commitments he seriously pay attention to drug crimes," he added.

 Earlier, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) rejected clemency from death row 64 drug cases. The President explained that Indonesia has been in a state of emergency drugs. To that he said, caused the drug dealers can not be allowed.

 Meanwhile, Vice President Jusuf Kalla ensure the execution of the convicted drug does not violate human rights.

 "It means that the decision by the court to the Supreme Court. They asked the President to forgive. Then the President said 'I can not forgive'. Which is violating human rights? That everyone must obey the law. Drugs causing the death of another," said the vice president Jusuf Kalla (VOA)