Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The government will carry out another round of executions but it has not yet decided on the timing, Attorney General Muhaammad Prasetyo has said.

"There are lots of things that we are considering, including the fact that the country is concentrating on economic improvement. We are building a better political life," he said on Friday as quoted by kompas.com.

Previously, Prasetyo said the fourth round of executions under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration had not been scheduled this year because the government was seeking international support for its bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

But Prasetyo made clear on Friday that the death row inmates would still be executed. "[The execution] is still on. It's just the timing that hasn't been decided yet," he said.

The Jokowi government has carried out three batches of execution since the President took office in late 2014. In January 2015, six convicts were executed, while another eight were executed in April 2015. The latest round of executions was in July 2016, when four convicts were executed. (ary)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/02/25/plan-to-execute-death-row-inmates-still-on-ago.html