The leading Indonesian lawyer for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has appealed to his country’s leaders to halt tomorrow night’s executions and properly investigate allegations of corruption and bribery in their case.

His plea, as he went to Nusakambangan to visit the two men who are now in the final hours of their lives, was not an “act of desperado” but a demand for justice.

“I know that we are counting the hours. I know that we have done everything possible under our legal system. We have done everything. We have done everything. We have exhausted every legal avenue but Sukumaran and Andrew Chan still feel there is something wrong with all this legal proceeding, especially at the District Court in Bali.

“We as the lawyers feel the same way,” Todung Lubis said.

“The families of Sukumaran, the families of Andrew Chan, also question, feel very deeply disturbed by what is going on at the District Court.

Mr Lubis was referring to explosive allegations that Judges in their District Court trial demanded $130,000 to give them a light sentence, then demanded more when Jakarta intervened.

“We appeal to the Attorney General, we appeal to the President, in the name of due process of law, in the name of fairness and justice, not to do the executions.

“This is not an act of desperado here. This is a demand for justice,” Mr Lubis said, adding that the country’s Judicial Commission, which investigates judicial misconduct, had an obligation to investigate the serious allegations.

“People should not be executed if the judgment came out from a defective process.”

“The whole judgment must be annulled if it is proven the process was defective.”

“This is the opportunity I am using to appeal to the Attorney General to come to common sense, to come to a sense of justice … to uphold the law,” Mr Lubis said.

In addition, the country’s Constitutional Court has now given the legal team a May 12 date for a preliminary hearing of their challenge about the way the President denied Chan and Sukumaran’s clemency bids.

The Attorney-General had said the executions would not take place until all legal proceedings are finalised but has said the Constitutional Court challenge is not part of that.

Attorney-General HM Prasetyo has yet to officially announce the execution date but officials at Nusakambangan are preparing to shoot the nine condemned drug traffickers shortly after midnight, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she has received no formal advice on the execution dates, but that it was her understanding Chan and Sukumaran could face the firing squad on Wednesday.

“I’ve not had any advice, but it could be 29 April,” she said today.

While issuing another respectful request for Indonesian President Joko Widodo to reconsider the executions, Ms Bishop also slammed Indonesian authorities for announcing the 72-hours notice on Anzac Day.

“We did make representations to request that they not do this on our national day of remembrance, but they proceeded with the meeting in any event,” Ms Bishop said.

“I’m very disappointed that it proceeded in this way.”

The Foreign Minister today said it was not too late for President Widodo to change his mind.

“I am profoundly dismayed that the Indonesian authorities have given Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran 72 hours’ notice of their executions,” Ms Bishop said.

“The Australian Government will continue to do everything possible to advocate for a stay of execution and are consideration of the clemency bids.

“Again, I respectfully call on President Widodo to reconsider his refusal to grant clemency. It is not too late for a change of heart.”

Ms Bishop also said allegations of corruption should be thoroughly investigated.

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