He said, while diplomatic efforts should continue, the legal case against executing the men remained a strong one. Professor Tim Lindsey, director of the Centre for Indonesian Law at the University of Melbourne Law School, said although anger was an understandable response it was not particularly helpful. Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said the reasoning was explained in a phone call between Indonesian foreign affairs minister Retno Marsudi and her Australian counterpart Julie Bishop earlier this week. The foreign affairs ministry confirmed that the suggestion to send three Indonesian prisoners home if Jakarta stopped its plans to execute the two Australians was not something it was considering. Meanwhile, Indonesia has officially rejected Australia's prisoner swap proposal for the death row inmates, saying it did not have the legal instruments for such an arrangement. Sukumaran and Chan fall into that category, with both pursuing legal appeals or challenges. Officials and lawyers representing foreigners on death row believed the delays might have been partly caused by unresolved legal processes involving five of the 11 people listed for the next round of executions. Other media have been told the delay was up to 10 days by a source the ABC understood to be senior within the ministry responsible for timing the executions. Indonesia's justice and human rights minister, Yasonna Laoly, told the ABC there would be a "short delay" to the next round of executions, which includes drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. Two Australians listed for execution in Indonesia have been given a brief reprieve, while the country's president has confirmed Jakarta will not be taking up Australia's offer for a prisoner swap.
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