Top Court Rejects Challenge to Validity of VP Gibran's Diploma
Chief Justice Suhartoyo said the petitioners lacked standing, while judges found Gibran’s attendance certificate did not prove graduation.
- On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the Constitutional Court rejected a lawsuit challenging Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's educational credentials, ruling that petitioners lacked legal standing to file the case.
- Former Deputy Justice Minister Denny Indrayana filed case 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026 in September, alleging administrative defects in Gibran's 2024 vice-presidential registration and questioning his foreign educational equivalency certificate.
- Education attaches from Indonesian embassies in Singapore and Australia testified on Friday, October 2, 2026, that they found no academic records related to Gibran's schooling in either country.
- President Prabowo Subianto stated the executive branch would not intervene in the judiciary's decision, while Chief Justice Suhartoyo emphasized the court could not accept the petition under legal standing requirements.
- Indonesian Solidarity Party Secretary General Raja Juli Antoni described the challenge as an "unethical political maneuver," criticizing the lawsuit's timing while the government addresses national forest fires.
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The Constitutional Court began reading out the verdict on the lawsuit questioning Gibran's educational requirements as a vice presidential candidate for the 2024 Presidential Election. | The lawsuit was filed by 12 applicants who questioned Gibran's educational history abroad.
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