Indonesia court to rule on bid to annul vice president's election win

Indonesia's Constitutional Court will issue a ruling late on Tuesday on a case that seeks to annul Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's election win because of alleged gaps in his education record, a move that could see him lose office and further undermine President Prabowo Subianto's administration.

Prabowo became the eighth president of Southeast Asia's largest economy after a successful but often controversial election campaign alongside Gibran, the 39-year-old eldest son of Prabowo's predecessor, Joko Widodo.



Last month, plaintiffs led by a former Indonesian deputy law minister filed a petition to the court asking its nine-judge panel to annul Gibran's vice presidency, arguing that his overseas education credentials did not satisfy Indonesian eligibility requirements and were improperly accepted by election authorities.



Indonesian election law requires presidential and vice-presidential candidates to have completed senior high school or an equivalent level of education.



Plaintiffs argued Gibran failed to adequately prove he had met the criteria.