Indonesia VP Gibran formally submits resignation amid controversy over educational qualifications

Indonesia’s Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has formally submitted his resignation to the parliamentary Upper House, following weeks of controversy over whether his education records met the requirements for election. His departure would leave President Prabowo Subianto’s administration needing a replacement and comes amid growing political pressure and calls for Gibran’s impeachment.

The Upper House has three days to approve the resignation and then 60 days to choose a successor. The Supreme Court annulled Gibran’s overseas high school equivalency certificate on 30 October, after the Constitutional Court found insufficient evidence that his foreign schooling met qualification rules. On Wednesday, 120 parliamentarians from all eight factions signed a proposal to use a parliamentary mechanism that could lead to impeachment proceedings.