Wire reporting: (AP, via Local 10)

Indonesia's vice president, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, submitted his resignation to parliament in Jakarta on Thursday after court rulings that documents about his overseas schooling did not meet rules for holding the office^2,11,12.

Gibran, 39, is the eldest son of former President Joko Widodo and has served about two years of a five-year term alongside President Prabowo Subianto^3,11,12. CNA reported he arrived at the People's Consultative Assembly, known as the MPR, about 11:15 a.m. and did not answer questions as he left¹².

MPR speaker Ahmad Muzani said Gibran told assembly leaders he was resigning and that the same letter had been given to Prabowo^10,12. CNA reported that the constitution gives the Upper House three days to approve a resignation and 60 days to choose a successor¹². ABC News Australia reported that the MPR process can take up to 60 days¹¹. Under the constitution, a vacant vice presidency does not trigger a new election; the MPR elects a replacement from two candidates nominated by the president^3,11.

Last month the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court each found that papers Gibran submitted on schooling abroad did not satisfy election requirements^2,11,12. BBC reported that Indonesian law requires a vice president to have finished senior secondary school or the equivalent, and that the Supreme Court said it found no proof of a foreign diploma that could be treated as equivalent². ABC News Australia said the Constitutional Court found no compelling evidence he held a high school diploma, and that the Supreme Court then ruled a high-school equivalency certificate invalid¹¹.

A petition from about 120 lawmakers in eight parties, filed Wednesday, started a House process that could have led toward impeachment^3,12. BBC put the number of supporting lawmakers at more than 100². ABC News Australia said the resignation came hours before a House meeting on that petition¹¹.

Al Jazeera reported that Prabowo appeared with Gibran later Thursday and said he accepted the resignation with a heavy heart³. He said the step was for the nation and the public, according to Al Jazeera's account of the palace appearance³.

Gibran had offered to step down Tuesday, saying he wanted to avoid a drawn-out political fight^3,11. A cabinet minister said Prabowo at first urged him to defend himself³. On Tuesday, according to the State Secretariat as reported by BBC, Gibran asked for a chance to challenge the ruling and show his credentials were valid². CNA reported that after a Tuesday meeting, Gibran said Prabowo had advised him to keep fighting the education-records case¹².

Widodo, speaking in Solo, said political jobs are temporary and that his family would keep supporting Prabowo's government^3,12. BBC and ABC News Australia said the episode comes as the 2024 alliance between Prabowo and Widodo has shown strain^2,11. Al Jazeera reported that the vice presidency has few defined powers beyond standing in for the president³. Who Prabowo will nominate, and whether the MPR will approve the resignation on the three-day clock CNA described, is not yet known¹².