JAKARTA, Nov 12 — Indonesia’s vice president resigned Thursday in the midst of a scandal over his high school diploma, the head of parliament said, adding to pressure on a government facing widespread dissatisfaction over the economy, graft and wildfires.
Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 39, submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto and to parliament, the speaker of Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly told reporters.
There have been repeated calls for Gibran’s resignation following a Supreme Court ruling last month to annul his high school qualification.
Speaker Ahmad Muzani said Gibran met the leaders of parliament Thursday “to submit his letter of resignation from his position as vice president of the Republic of Indonesia.”
