Indonesia’s Vice President has problems with school papers – level 2

Indonesia s Vice President has problems with school papers

12-10-2026 15:00

The top court in Indonesia dismissed a legal case against Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka. Some people tried to remove him from office and said his school diploma from another country was not high enough for a vice president.

Under Indonesian law, leaders must finish high school or a school equal to it. All nine judges on the court rejected the case for technical legal reasons. They said the people who brought the case were not allowed to do it because they didn’t run in the 2024 election. The judges also said Gibran is already officially in office.

The court noted that nobody showed anything to prove his foreign diploma was valid. For now, Gibran stays in his position, but more legal problems may happen in the future.

Difficult words: dismiss (to throw out or reject a court case, idea, or statement), diploma (an official document about your studies), equal (the same in size, value, or quality), valid (officially accepted).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

What technical legal reasons did the nine judges give for rejecting the case to remove Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka?

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