Indonesia Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigns over questions about his eligibility
The move follows court rulings that his education records failed election requirements and a petition from 120 lawmakers seeking impeachment.
- Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka formally submitted his resignation to the People's Consultative Assembly in Jakarta on Thursday, stepping down amid intensifying legal and political scrutiny over his constitutional eligibility to hold office.
- The 39-year-old son of former President Joko Widodo faced mounting pressure to leave office after both the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court ruled last month that the overseas education equivalency documents he submitted for the 2024 election failed to satisfy statutory high-school qualification requirements.
- His departure preempts a formal impeachment push in parliament, where 120 lawmakers across eight political factions had filed a petition on Wednesday to establish a special inquiry committee into whether he violated the constitution.
- Gibran initially conveyed his intention to resign to President Prabowo Subianto during a meeting earlier in the week, stating he wished to spare the administration a prolonged political distraction, even as public demonstrations and political friction between Prabowo and the Widodo camp escalated.
- Under Indonesia's constitutional succession rules, the parliamentary upper house has three days to formally approve the resignation, after which the assembly must elect a successor within 60 days from two candidates nominated by President Prabowo.
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Indonesian vice-president, son of former head of state Joko Widodo, resigned this Thursday, November 12, after a scandal related to his high school diploma, announced the President of Parliament, stressing the pressure on a government faced with widespread discontent.
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