The complaints by Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan were tried separately with the same three-judge panel at the Jakarta State Administrative High Court, which agreed with a lower court that the case was out of its jurisdiction as clemency was the prerogative of the president.

"The object of the dispute is not part of the jurisdiction of the administrative court," said presiding judge Ujang Abdullah.

Sukumaran and Chan are among 10 drug smugglers whose planned executions last month were postponed due to last-minute appeals by six inmates.

The other foreigners among the 10 include three Nigerians, four men from Brazil, France, Ghana and a Filipino woman.

Two of the foreigners '€” Serge Areski Atlaoui from France and Martin Anderson of Ghana, are still waiting for the outcome of their request for judicial reviews by the Supreme Court.

Last month, the country's highest court rejected judicial reviews by Filipino Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso.

The planned executions have soured relations between Indonesia and other countries, especially Australia and Brazil, but Jokowi has vowed not to grant mercy to drug offenders because he says Indonesia is suffering a "drug emergency."

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement that the government was disappointed that the petitions by Sukumaran and Chan failed and that Australia "respectfully requests the President to review their pleas for clemency".

Jakarta executed six drug convicts including five foreigners in January, brushing aside last-minute appeals from Brazil and the Netherlands. (**)

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