Indonesia’s Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka handed in his resignation to the upper house of parliament on Thursday in the midst of a scandal over his high school diploma.
Ahmad Muzani, speaker of the upper house, said Gibran had also submitted a resignation letter to President Prabowo Subianto, and parliamentary leaders will now convene to discuss the next steps.
Under Indonesia’s constitution, a vice-presidential vacancy does not trigger a new election. The office remains vacant until the People’s Consultative Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, elects a replacement from two candidates nominated by the president within 60 days.