Gibran Rakabuming Raka offers resignation amid eligibility concerns in Indonesia

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka told President Prabowo Subianto he was ready to resign during a two‑hour meeting on Tuesday at the presidential palace in Jakarta, officials said. The offer was made public by State Secretariat Minister Prasetyo Hadi, who added that it was not yet clear whether Prabowo accepted the resignation. The president urged Raka to keep pursuing legal avenues to defend his academic documents.

The resignation offer arrives amid a growing controversy over Raka’s eligibility to hold office. A Supreme Court ruling last month found that the overseas education credentials he submitted did not satisfy election requirements. Lawmakers have since called for his impeachment, and the issue has deepened the rift between Prabowo and former President Joko Widodo, Raka’s father, who backed Prabowo’s bid and selected his son as a running mate. The dispute is separate from a parallel police wiretap probe that implicates several senior officers, including the president’s chief of staff.

Hadi said the president advised Raka to “continue pursuing legal avenues to defend the validity of his academic documents.” After leaving the palace, Raka gave a brief statement to reporters, saying he respects public criticism and does not want the matter to become a prolonged political controversy. He did not comment directly on the resignation offer. The wiretap investigation, which involves Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo and three other police generals, remains unrelated to the academic dispute, and Widodo himself faces separate accusations of using a fake university diploma, which he denies.

What happens next will hinge on whether Prabowo formally accepts the resignation and how the courts rule on Raka’s credentials. If the resignation is rejected, Raka could face an impeachment vote in the legislature. A legal victory could keep him in office and preserve the Prabowo‑Widodo alliance, but a defeat may force a reshuffle at the highest level of Indonesia’s government. The outcome will shape the country’s political stability ahead of the next election cycle.