Jakarta – House of Representatives deputy speaker Fadli Zon said on Monday that the government must explain the reasons behind its decision to execute only four of 14 death-row inmates scheduled for execution last week.
The Gerindra Party politician questioned whether the stays of execution for the 10 convicts were due to calls from foreign governments.
"The Attorney General's Office [AGO] is not being clear about this. What is going on? Is there a party asking for the execution to be held?" he said as quoted by kompas.com.
Last Friday, a firing squad shot dead four inmates – Freddy Budiman, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus and Humphrey Ejike – and spared the remaining death row convicts in the 11th hour. "The explanation is important so the public will not speculate," Fadli said.
Previously, Attorney General M. Prasetyo said the executions could be reprieved on account of juridical or non-juridical reasons without elaborating.