article_snippet.sent: A panel of three judges in the state administrative court in Jakarta on Monday confirmed an earlier ruling that it lacked the jurisdiction to hear challenges against President Joko Widodo's refusal to grant clemency.
article_snippet.sent: Lawyers for the pair had argued that President Joko Widodo had failed to individually consider Lawyers for the pair cases.
article_snippet.sent: One of the condemned men's lawyers, Leonard Aritonang, said he was disappointed with the rulings but would respect the state administrative court in Jakarta's decision.
article_snippet.sent: he said he team would file a further review, asking the state administrative court in Jakarta to explain President Joko Widodo's obligations regarding granting clemency.
article_snippet.sent: Tony Spontana, a spokesman for the Indonesian attorney general's office, told CNN that an earlier ruling that it lacked the jurisdiction to hear challenges against President Joko Widodo's refusal to grant clemency was "a relief.
article_snippet.sent: " "Tony Spontana, a spokesman for the Indonesian attorney general's office had predicted the state administrative court's ruling was "a relief will be rejected because clemency is a prerogative right of the President, as head of the government, not an object of a suit at the state administrative court in Jakarta," clemency said in a message.