REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo turns down a demand from Amnesty International, asking him to impose a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty. Jokowi insists that the death penalty must be imposed.

"It is a positive law in Indonesia. Everyone must respect law in every country," Jokowi said on Monday, December 8.

Earlier, Indonesia’s Junior Attorney General for General Crimes, Basyuni Masyarif, last week confirmed that the government is planning to execute five people before the end of the year. One of the five individuals facing imminent execution is detained in Tangerang, Banten province, another two in Batam, Riau Islands Province, and a further two in Nusakambangan, Central Java. The two from Nusakambangan have reportedly been convicted for murder and the three others for drug-related crimes.

Amnesty International demanded Indonesian government to halt execution of five people immediately. "The government must immediately halt plans to carry out executions. Given President Joko Widodo’s campaign commitments to improve respect for human rights, resorting to the death penalty would be a serious stain on the early human rights record of his administration,” Amnesty International’s Research Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Rupert Abbott, said in Amnesty International official site.

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