The failure of a death row Filipina to win a judicial review of her controversial case is "good news", says an Indonesian official organising her execution and those of two Australians.
Bali Nine members Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan await their fate on Nusakambangan island while Jakarta observes the final legal appeals of some of the 10 drug offenders it wishes to put to death at the same time.
To hasten the process, Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo has ordered the Supreme Court to fast-track the cases of those who have applied for last-minute judicial reviews.
Filipina Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso's case has been rejected after a matter of days.
It usually takes three months to consider such applications but Veloso's was distributed to three judges on March 20 and rejected on Wednesday.
The attorney-general's spokesman Tony Spontana said on Friday this was "good news".
"It's in accordance to our hopes and understanding that the judicial review would be rejected," he told reporters.
He was pleased the court had dispensed with her bid quickly and found no evidence to support a review.
"Certainly Mary Jane is finished with her process," he said.
Veloso was considered to have a good chance for a review and it was thought this would delay the executions of all 10 prisoners for some months.
The 30-year-old single mother says she thought she was coming to Indonesia in 2010 for a job as a maid and didn't know there was heroin in her suitcase.
She did not finish high school, speaks only Tagalog and did not have a qualified translator to explain proceedings at her trial.
Supreme Court spokesman Suhadi denies judges have been pressured by Mr Prasetyo's negotiations to ensure the fastest turnaround of the judicial review applications.
Veloso's was handled particularly quickly because the lead judge had a light caseload, he said.
"We know each other's duties and they're not intervening," he told AAP.
"If there's been co-ordination, the manner is more non-judicial."
A further two prisoners - Frenchman Serge Atlaoui and Ghanian Martin Anderson - are seeking judicial reviews.
Chan and Sukumaran have an appeal in the administrative court, that if won, would see their lawyers argue the blanket rejection of clemency did not follow due process.
President Joko Widodo is denying clemency to all death row drug offenders, regardless of rehabilitation or other factors, believing it will shock Indonesia out of its drug problem.
An expert witness for Chan and Sukumaran's defence could not attend court on Wednesday and was re-scheduled for Monday.
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