Source : Perth Now news
Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has resigned, an aide says.
Gibran, the 39-year-old son of former president Joko Widodo, has come under intense scrutiny following Constitutional Court and Supreme Court rulings last month that his education documents did not meet election requirements.
The aide, Budi Arie Setiadi, told Reuters that Gibran had tendered his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto earlier on Wednesday.
Separately two sources at the parliamentary upper house, which will oversee the process of approving his resignation and selecting a replacement, told Reuters that he will submit his resignation letter to the upper house on Thursday morning.
Gibran’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The controversy has unfolded amid a widening rift between Widodo, also known as Jokowi, and Prabowo.
Indonesian election law requires vice-presidential candidates to have completed senior high school or an equivalent level of education but the Supreme Court concluded that the certificate was issued based on evidence that did not actually prove Jokowi’s eldest son had graduated.
“No evidence was found to show Gibran had a foreign diploma or certificate that could serve as the basis for equivalency with a senior high school or equivalent qualification,” the court said in the ruling on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court also took into account the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which said Gibran’s education documents did not meet election requirements.
