Indonesia's Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned while an impeachment process over his eligibility for office was underway, ABC News reported on 12 November 2026. The dispute centred on whether he met Indonesian election law's requirement that presidential and vice-presidential candidates have completed senior high school or the equivalent.
Candidates who challenged his eligibility alleged he relied on a substitute certificate the General Elections Commission should not have accepted. The Constitutional Court rejected the challenge, saying the matter could no longer be handled through the election dispute process because he had been sworn in, while a judge said the court found no convincing evidence of a foreign diploma equivalent to senior high school. A later Supreme Court ruling invalidated the substitute equivalency certificate, fuelling parliamentary calls to remove him.
The report says the resignation does not affect President Prabowo Subianto's position. Under the constitution, the People's Consultative Assembly must convene within 60 days to elect a new vice-president from two candidates nominated by the president, with the assembly verifying their qualifications before a vote. Those discussed as possible replacements included Puan Maharani, Sugiono and Sufmi Dasco Ahmad.



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