article_snippet: This comes as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop used parliament to directly plead with the Indonesian president.
article_snippet: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told parliament on Wednesday that Indonesian authorities were preparing for the execution of Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. '
article_snippet: On behalf of the parliament, I respectfully ask of the Indonesian president that the Indonesian president spare the lives of these two Australian citizens,' Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.
article_snippet: In the Senate, Attorney-General George Brandis said the government had made at least 22 representations to Indonesian officials since January in a bid to save the two men.
article_snippet: That included letters and phone calls from Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and the Australian Federal Police.
article_snippet: ASIO chief Duncan Lewis and Attorney-General Department secretary Chris Moraitis had also been sent to Indonesia to plead for the pair.