Yusril Wants to Ensure Vice Presidential Candidates Meet Qualifications to Prevent a Repeat of Gibran's Case

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra stated that if President Prabowo Subianto entrusts him, he intends to thoroughly check the backgrounds of the vice-presidential candidates to be proposed to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).

According to Yusril, this verification is crucial to prevent a recurrence of the case involving the 14th Vice President of Indonesia, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who was found to have not met the educational qualifications.

"If I am given the trust, I will check each of the requirements one by one so that the situation currently faced by Vice President Gibran does not happen again," Yusril said at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday (12/11/2026).

"And so that in the future, there are no more issues like that," he added.

In addition to candidate backgrounds, Yusril mentioned that Prabowo also needs to consider the provisions within the MPR, DPR, DPD, and DPRD Law (UU MD3).

He stated that based on this regulation, the president can consult with supporting political parties to determine the vice-presidential candidate to be proposed to the MPR.

Despite this, Yusril emphasized that the selection of the vice-presidential candidate is fully the president's authority.

"So the president has full discretion in proposing who the two candidates are for MPR. The process the president chooses is entirely his prerogative. He can consult with anyone or choose not to consult, and that's perfectly fine," he said.

Gibran Resigns as Vice President

It is known that Gibran ultimately announced his resignation from the vice presidency after the certificate regarding his educational equivalency was declared invalid by the Supreme Court (MA).

Previously, the Constitutional Court (MK) also stated there were no valid documents proving Gibran completed education equivalent to senior high school (SMA).

However, Gibran claimed that his decision to resign was not due to issues related to the documentation.

"This decision is my personal decision and is not related to my diploma. Once again, it is not related to my diploma," Gibran stated on Thursday (12/11/2026), as quoted from the YouTube channel of the Vice Presidential Secretariat.

"All my educational documents are complete and have been submitted to the court," he affirmed.