Prabowo praises Gibran as statesmanlike but says the court rulings found a shortfall in meeting the requirements

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Indonesia's vice president, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, resigns after courts find his school documents fell short; he says the decision has nothing to do with his diploma, and Prabowo cites a shortfall in meeting the requirements

Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned as vice president of Indonesia on November 12, 2026, delivering his resignation letter to the People's Consultative Assembly in Jakarta two years into a five-year term. His eligibility had been in question since rulings in October by the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court found that the documents he submitted for the 2024 election did not meet the legal requirement of a senior high school education or its equivalent. On November 11, 120 members of the House of Representatives from eight parties signed a petition that began a process that could have led to his impeachment. President Prabowo Subianto accepted the resignation at a press conference with Gibran beside him. He praised Gibran as chivalrous and statesmanlike and said Gibran felt he had completed his education through an orderly process, but that the legal rulings found a mismatch or shortfall in meeting the requirements of the constitutional system. In a video statement later that day, Gibran said the decision was his own and had nothing to do with his diploma, and that all his educational documents were complete and had been submitted to the court. Former president Joko Widodo, Gibran's father, called the resignation normal political dynamics and said political office is temporary. Denny Indrayana, a former deputy minister of law and human rights who had challenged Gibran's candidacy at the Constitutional Court, said on November 3 that the rulings meant Gibran no longer met the requirements for the office.