Indonesia’s Vice-President resigns over no evidence that he completed high school
Indonesia’s Vice-President, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, has reportedly submitted his resignation letter to President Prabowo Subianto amid controversy surrounding his educational qualifications.
An aide, Budi Arie, confirmed that Gibran submitted the letter to the president on Wednesday. However, it remains unclear whether Prabowo has accepted his resignation.
The development follows a Supreme Court ruling that found no evidence that Gibran had completed senior secondary school or possessed an equivalent qualification, as required by Indonesian law for vice-presidential candidates.
Gibran, who studied in Singapore and Australia, had relied on an Indonesian equivalence certificate to establish his educational credentials. However, the court ruled that there was no evidence of a foreign diploma or certificate to prove an equivalent qualification.
The ruling sparked fresh calls for accountability, with more than 100 lawmakers supporting a parliamentary initiative that could have paved the way for impeachment proceedings against him.
Gibran had maintained that his university education was sufficient proof that he had completed senior secondary school. On Tuesday, he requested an opportunity to challenge the ruling and establish the legitimacy of his qualifications.
His political future also comes amid growing tensions between Prabowo and Gibran’s father, former Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi.
The two leaders formed an alliance ahead of the 2024 presidential election, which saw Prabowo emerge as president and Gibran become his running mate at 36, following a controversial court ruling that exempted him from the minimum age requirement of 40.
The reported resignation comes as Prabowo’s administration faces criticism over funding challenges affecting its free school meals programme, environmental concerns, corr¥ption allegations and public demonstrations.
LIVE: POST-COURT PRESS CONFERENCE: We addressed the dramatic developments at the Federal High Court in Abuja today, where the presiding judge was absent as proceedings were scheduled to continue in the “Tinubu Is a Criminal” trial.
The hearing was expected to address the subpoena issued to the INEC Chairman to produce the credentials and documents submitted by Bola Ahmed Tinubu to INEC dating back to 1999.
Let me tell you something that just happened in Nigeria.
A journalist exposed a current SSA to Tinubu, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire for diverting money meant for Nigerian children classrooms.
The SSA instead of clearing the air, went to court under the guise of a government NGO. She said the report put her in “fear of death.”
How do you pay money for children classrooms to a restaurant account? @Adejoke_O_A
Guess who the court ordered to be thrown in Jail till December to decide bail for “cybercrime”? This is after he was kidnapped by the police for 10 days in 2024.
You guessed right. The journalist.
This is the SSA below. Excuse me ma. You are 67 years old. Don’t you think money for classrooms being misappropriated robs the future generation?
Politics has sustained you for half your lifetime. From commissioner to deputy governor to SSA. When will you allow it to sustain the future generation?
Arrest me too @Adejoke_O_A but you must explain how money meant for classrooms was paid into a restaurant account. Use your United Action for Change NGO.
#Journalismisnotacrime #FreeDanielOjukwu
“TINUBU IS AN ORGANISED, SCIENTIFIC DESTROYER OF THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A PRESIDENT AS DANGEROUS AS HIM.”
— Adewole Adebayo
Here are three reasons why he believes so. 🙄
Honestly, this video has got me thinking all day. 🤦
Tinubu if you were to be judged by your present record, you are unfit to even contest for a Local Govt Councillor post. Your leadership has been the worst in Nigeria's history since the dawn of our democracy.
Let me tell you why this video should make every Nigerian angry.
112 is not working at all. I just dialed it on my own phone right now and the line is completely dead. Even Punch journalists tested it after the show and it failed to connect.
The worst part is that Tinubu APC didn’t even establish 112. The NCC started this project way back in 2010 and had already spent over 10 billion Naira on it by 2016. Buhari came and launched it again in 2019. Under Tinubu, they promised to fix it in 2024, claimed they activated it for kidnapping in 2025, and just two months ago in September, Shettima was still setting up a committee to build a roadmap for it.
Yet this shameless APC mouthpiece sat on national TV daring Nigerians to call a dead line for security and health emergencies.
These people play politics with our lives and really think propaganda can answer an emergency call.
He is such a clown.