Gibran gets heat after Indonesian Constitutional Court ruling
The ruling left Gibran in office but fueled calls for the House to investigate his qualifications and consider impeachment.
- On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court found Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka lacked required educational qualifications when running for office, yet stopped short of disqualification, prompting House members to circulate a letter urging impeachment proceedings.
- Initiated by Nasdem Party lawmaker Tonny Tesar, a widely circulated letter urges the House to investigate Gibran's eligibility, citing a Constitutional provision allowing the People's Consultative Assembly to remove officials for serious legal violations.
- Several politicians from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle have called on the House to take a "firm follow-up," while PKB lawmaker Eko Widodo proposed a special committee to investigate if Gibran met the requirements.
- Facing a precarious position without party backing, Gibran will "essentially be up against everyone" if impeachment efforts gain traction, analyst Adi Prayitno noted, while the bid's fate hinges on consensus among political parties.
- Responding to the impeachment possibility, former president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo told reporters that any effort should "follow the democratic mechanisms available and comply with the Constitution and applicable laws," amid rumors of a potential resignation.
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Gibran gets heat after Indonesian Constitutional Court ruling
JAKARTA: The fate of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka could now hinge on political parties in the House of Representatives after calls for his impeachment emerged after a Constitutional Court ruling found he lacked educational qualifications when he ran for office two years ago
Gibran gets heat after Constitutional Court ruling - Politics
The fate of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka could now hinge on political parties in the House of Representatives after calls for his impeachment emerged after a Constitutional Court ruling found he lacked educational qualifications when he ran for office two years ago.
Bivitri Susanti said Gibran should resign if he still had ethics and embarrassment after a court ruling on the diploma lawsuit.
JPNN.com, JAKARTA - NasDem Secretary General Hermawi Taslim said his party has not officially taken a stance on the substance of the Constitutional Court's (MK) decision on lawsuit number 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026.
Gibran confirmed that he graduated from high school and said it would be impossible to get a bachelor's degree without graduating from high school. |The Constitutional Court stated that it did not find any documents proving that Gibran had a diploma or overseas graduation document equivalent to high school. |Gibran said he respected the trial process and would focus on carrying out his duties as Vice President.
Eka Widodo proposed that a special committee examine Gibran's educational documents and explain the constitutional mechanism if strong evidence is found.
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