article_snippet: This comes as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop used parliament to directly plead with the Indonesian president.
article_snippet: However Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has defended his government in a letter responding to a Senate attempt to save the Bali Nine duo.
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,' Ms Bishop said.
article_snippet: Ms Bishop has used parliament to directly plead with President Joko Widodo to spare the lives of two Australian drug smugglers .
highlights_snippet: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop used parliament to directly plead with the Indonesian president .
  
highlights_snippet: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has defended Foreign Minister Julie Bishop government's decision .
  