Indonesia’s court dismisses challenge to vice president over education credentials

Key points

• Judge Adies Kadir said the court did not disqualify Gibran because the petition could no longer be treated as a dispute over the election result, as he had been sworn into office as vice president under President Prabowo Subianto.
• “Although the court found no convincing evidence that Gibran has a foreign diploma equivalent to having completed senior high school, or another equivalent school as stipulated in Election Law, the court cannot annul or disqualify him as requested by the petitioners,” Adies said.
• Indonesia’s election law requires presidential and vice-presidential candidates to have completed senior high school or hold an equivalent qualification.

Sentences selected automatically from the original article by Free Malaysia Today.