Indonesian Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has submitted his resignation amid controversy surrounding the validity of his overseas high school qualification.
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Indonesia’s vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated his high school diploma, adding pressure to a government already facing economic, corruption and wildfire criticism.
- Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 39, resigned after a Supreme Court decision invalidated his high school qualification.
- The resignation was submitted to President Prabowo Subianto and parliament.
- The move comes amid widespread dissatisfaction over the economy, corruption and wildfires.
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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s vice president resigned on Thursday amid a scandal over his high school diploma, adding to pressure on a government facing widespread dissatisfaction over the economy, corruption and devastating wildfires.
Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 39, submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto and parliament, the speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly told reporters.
There had been repeated calls for Gibran to step down following a Supreme Court ruling last month invalidating his high school qualification, which he obtained abroad.
Speaker Ahmad Muzani said Gibran had met parliamentary leaders on Thursday “to submit his letter of resignation from his position as vice president of the Republic of Indonesia”.
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