The Challenge Against Gibran's Educational Background
Petitioners say Gibran lacked proof of senior high school completion and want the court to void his candidacy and inauguration.
- On Monday, the Constitutional Court began hearing a petition challenging Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's educational qualifications, with twelve plaintiffs arguing his 2024 candidacy failed to meet senior high school standards.
- The dispute centers on a 2019 Education Ministry certificate stating Gibran's overseas studies were equivalent to vocational high school, though petitioners claim assessment documents were "withheld and not provided, even until now."
- Judge Saldi Isra requested the General Elections Commission explain a 2023 rule change exempting some candidates from high school diploma requirements and tasked election watchdog Bawaslu with verifying how Gibran's credentials were checked.
- Petitioners asked the court to invalidate Gibran's 2024 candidacy and annul his inauguration, proposing President Prabowo Subianto nominate two new candidates for selection by the People's Consultative Assembly within 60 days.
- Gibran, the eldest son of former president Joko Widodo, won the February 14, 2024, election alongside Prabowo with over 96.2 million votes, though his path to office previously faced scrutiny after a controversial 2023 Constitutional Court ruling removed minimum age requirements.
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Gibran faces fresh challenge over eligibility as VP - Politics
The Constitutional Court began hearing this week a petition challenging Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s educational qualifications when he ran for office in 2024, with petitioners asking the court to disqualify him two years after the election.
Seven parties filed a PHPU lawsuit with the Constitutional Court, questioning Gibran's educational qualifications as a vice presidential candidate in the 2024 election.
GELORA.CO - Constitutional law expert Denny Indrayana revealed the arguments behind his move to challenge Gibran Rakabuming Raka's candidacy as vice president (cawapres) in 2024 to the Constitutional Court (MK), even though it was done far outside the General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) stage. This was conveyed by Denny in the podcast program of senior journalist Hersubeno Arief on the Hersubeno Point YouTube channel, Monday evening, Septemb…
Jokowi loyalists questioned the reasons why those questioning Gibran's candidacy requirements only targeted the vice presidential position, not Prabowo-Gibran as a whole.
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