army general prabowo subianto twice privately assured mr joko there would be no political consequences if the bali nine ringleaders and others on death row were reprieved .
it 's understood mr prabowo penned a letter to mr joko at the weekend in which he said that if the president were to ` postpone the executions indefinitely ' , he would come out in support of the decision .
` one view was that it would enrage president widodo and make matters worse , and i guess we 'll never know that