Indonesia’s Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to the People’s Consultative Assembly on Thursday, following court rulings on his education credentials and calls for his impeachment.
President Prabowo Subianto said he had accepted the resignation “with a heavy heart”, Channel News Asia reported. Assembly Speaker Ahmad Muzani said Gibran had also submitted the letter to the president.
On October 30, the Supreme Court annulled Gibran’s overseas high-school equivalency certificate. Earlier that month, the Constitutional Court found insufficient documentary evidence that his foreign schooling met the relevant qualification requirements.
Indonesian law requires vice-presidential candidates to have completed senior secondary school or its equivalent. Gibran had previously argued that his university education was sufficient proof that he had completed high school, according to BBC.
More than 100 lawmakers signed a proposal on Wednesday that could have led to impeachment proceedings. Gibran had earlier asked for a chance to challenge the ruling and prove the legitimacy of his credentials.
The president must nominate two candidates to fill the vacancy, and the assembly must choose a successor within 60 days.
