Indonesia’s Gibran Resigns as Vice President

Indonesia’s Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to parliament on November 12, after court rulings over his education credentials and a proposal by lawmakers that could have led to his impeachment. Parliamentary speaker Ahmad Muzani said Gibran also sent the resignation to President Prabowo Subianto.

The resignation followed a November 11 proposal signed by 120 lawmakers from eight political parties seeking parliamentary examination of Gibran’s eligibility. The proposal could have started a process that might lead to impeachment, but it was not an impeachment decision. Gibran’s departure came before that process was completed.

The dispute concerns whether Gibran’s overseas secondary education met the senior-high-school qualification required for vice-presidential candidates. On October 30, the Supreme Court annulled the validity of the education-equivalency certificate used to support his 2024 candidacy. Separately, the Constitutional Court said on October 6 that it found no convincing evidence of a foreign diploma establishing completion of senior high school or its equivalent, but dismissed the petition because the petitioners lacked legal standing....