JAKARTA, The Kabar News—The Peoples’ Representatives Assembly (MPR) received the resignation letter from Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka on Thursday, Nov. 12, opening a constitutional process to select his successor.

MPR Speaker Ahmad Muzani said Gibran personally submitted the letter to the assembly’s leadership at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta. The meeting lasted about 20 minutes, after which Gibran left without speaking to reporters.

“With respect, I, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2024–2029 term, hereby resign from the position of Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia,” Muzani said while reading the letter to journalists.

The letter stated that Gibran had decided to leave office at his request. However, it did not explain why he had made that decision.

“No reason was written there,” Muzani said.

Muzani said the MPR leadership would hold an internal meeting before consulting the assembly’s political factions on the next procedural steps. Furthermore, Gibran asked the institution to process his resignation promptly.

The resignation followed several days of uncertainty after Gibran told President Prabowo Subianto that he intended to step down. This happened amid disputes over the educational documents used to support his candidacy in the 2024 election.

The formal submission to the MPR marks a decisive procedural step. MPR must still determine when the resignation takes legal effect and formally establish that the vice-presidential office is vacant.

Article 8, Paragraph 2 of the 1945 Constitution requires the MPR to elect a new vice president within 60 days after a vacancy occurs.

The president must propose two candidates, and MPR members will choose one through a plenary session. The deadline therefore applies from the formal establishment of the vacancy. It does not apply automatically from the first public report of an intention to resign.

The MPR’s official website said the process must follow the Constitution transparently and in an orderly manner to preserve government continuity.

Education Ministry withdraws equivalency certificate

On the same day, the Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry told the Jakarta State Administrative Court that it had withdrawn Gibran’s senior high school equivalency certificate.

The ministry’s lawyer asked the court to discontinue a pending case because the disputed administrative document no longer existed.

“Because we have withdrawn the object of the dispute and it factually no longer exists, we ask the court to stop or discontinue further examination,” the lawyer said during Thursday’s hearing.

The ministry said it had taken the action to implement Supreme Court ruling No. 742 K/TUN/2026. Contrary to an earlier date cited in some accounts, the Supreme Court’s official case directory records that the court issued the ruling on Oct. 30, 2026. The court granted the plaintiff’s cassation appeal, overturned the lower court ruling and accepted the lawsuit.

The Jakarta Administrative Court acknowledged receiving the ministry’s request. However, the available report did not indicate that the judges had issued a final decision ending the pending proceeding.

The certificate’s withdrawal and Gibran’s resignation are related politically but involve separate legal processes. The administrative courts handle the disputed education document, while the MPR controls the constitutional succession mechanism.

Gibran’s successor will therefore depend on the two names Prabowo submits and the result of an MPR vote. Until the assembly completes the resignation process, state institutions must provide clear information about the effective end of Gibran’s tenure. They must also announce the start of the 60-day succession period.