‘My Resignation Has Nothing to Do with Diploma’: Gibran

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Outgoing Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka denied Thursday that the diploma scandal had prompted him to leave office. Gibran has found himself in hot water after two court…

Jakarta. Outgoing Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka denied Thursday that the diploma scandal had prompted him to leave office.

Gibran has found himself in hot water after two court rulings raised questions over his education credentials he had used for the 2024 presidential election. The 39-year-old politician and son of Former President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo resigned following mounting political pressure. In a nearly seven-minute video uploaded on social media, Gibran admitted that the exit “wasn’t easy, but it was the best decision to make”.

“This decision is a personal one. It has nothing to do with my diploma. I repeat: it’s unrelated to my diploma. I have all my academic documents. I have submitted them to the court,” Gibran said.

“Hopefully, issues like this will not arise again. Our democracy needs to be better organized. The government administration must provide more certainty.”

“It’s rather a huge step I must take to safeguard the government’s capacity to function. This way, they can move forward with greater composure, cohesion, and focus.”

The controversy centers on the documents that Gibran had submitted as proof that he had finished the minimum secondary education required by the election law.

He had gone to Singapore’s Orchid Park Secondary School and subsequently attended the UTS Insearch, an educational pathway program in Australia to prepare international students for university. He later studied at the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). He clinched a bachelor’s degree in marketing from MDIS’ then-partner University of Bradford.

The entrepreneur-turned-politician has intended to prove the validity of his certificates at the State Administrative Court (PTUN). However, Chief Legal Affairs Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that such efforts would be futile, saying that the Supreme Court’s ruling on his high school equivalency certificate is “final”.

Before uploading his goodbye video, Gibran bade farewell to President Prabowo Subianto…

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