Former president of Indonesia Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie and high-ranking personalities were committed to the pardon of Tursilawati. Indonesia's government submitted both legal forms and a letter to King Salman of Saudi Arabia objecting to the death sentence, but was not informed about the upcoming execution. President Joko Widodo protested in a telephone conversation with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir against the execution.