Indonesia’s vice president Gibran submits resignation after courts void his school certificate

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday, his aide Budi Arie Setiadi told Reuters. Constitutional Court and Supreme Court rulings in October found that his education documents did not meet the election law’s requirement of a completed senior high school education.

According to senior law minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra, the parliamentary upper house must declare the post vacant, ask the president to nominate two candidates and elect a replacement within 60 days. On the same day, 120 legislators from across the political spectrum submitted a petition seeking his impeachment. State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said Gibran had asked for a chance to establish the validity of his documents before the State Administrative Court.