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| Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran |
The Bali Nine pair on death row have been given a glimmer of hope with the Denpasar District Court to allow an application for a judicial review to be registered despite the Indonesian Attorney-General saying there could not be a second review into their case.
Court spokesman Hasoloan Sianturi said it was up to the head of the District Denpasar Court to decide what to do with the application.
He said the court would allow the judicial review, known as a PK, to be registered at Bali's Kerobokan prison, where Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are on death row.
The decision came after the Bali justice office and Kerobokan jail said it would be too difficult for security reasons to escort the prisoners to court for the registration of the judicial review.
Mr Sianturi said it was the role of the Denpasar District Court to provide a public service and not impede the course of justice.
The twin peaks of the Indonesian judicial system – the Constitutional and Supreme Court – are at loggerheads over whether more than one judicial review is allowable if new evidence is produced.
Chan and Sukumaran's first judicial review in 2010 was unsuccessful but his Indonesian lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis, a well-known human rights advocate, says the judges made "serious mistakes".
Mr Mulya said the decision to allow a second judicial review was up to the judges.
"Of course I realise the controversy because the circular of the Supreme Court stipulates that only one PK (judicial review) can be filed," he said.
"But the Constitutional Court decision has allowed us to do multiple PKs and that's why we are going to do it. Whether the PK will be accepted by the Denpasar District Court remains to be seen."
Mr Mulya said the judicial review would be registered no later than Friday.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, January 29, 2015
