article_snippet: Indonesia's ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema has written to federal parliament defending Indonesia's ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema 's decision not to save two Australian drug smugglers on death row .
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, Ms 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.
article_snippet: Mr Kesoema has written to federal parliament defending Mr Kesoema 's decision not to save two Australian drug smugglers on death row.
article_snippet: the Senate last month urged the government to spare the lives of two Australian drug smugglers.
article_snippet: In response, Mr Kesoema said the decision not to pardon the pair was very difficult for President Joko Widodo on both a personal and humanitarian level.
article_snippet: However, the drug problem had 'blossomed into a national emergency' and required strong law enforcement. '
article_snippet: Most tragically, drugs and their traffickers and producers have denied too many people including children of their right to life,' President Joko Widodo wrote.