Supreme Court's Considerations Strengthen Constitutional Court's Ruling: No Evidence of Gibran's High School Equivalent Diploma

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Supreme Court has fully released its ruling on Cassation Number 742 K/TUN/2026 regarding the lawsuit against the equivalency certificate of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's education.

As reported from the official website putusan3.mahkamahagung.go.id on Tuesday (10/11/2026), the ruling read on October 30, 2026, contains considerations that strengthen the Constitutional Court's (MK) decision No. 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026 regarding the dispute over Gibran's diploma in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

"With the existence of new legal facts, namely the Constitutional Court's Ruling Number 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026, dated October 5, 2026, as notoire feiten which in legal considerations has conducted tests on the disputed object a quo and resulted in changes in the legal state and implications on the existence of the disputed object a quo that contradicts the existing legal order," stated the Supreme Court's consideration.

Due to this ruling, the Supreme Court then conducted a substantive review of the disputed object, in this case, Gibran's certificate.

The Supreme Court noted that, factually, the disputed object, namely Gibran's certificate, is based on a certificate of attendance, academic records, and explanation of grades which do not prove Gibran's completion of a specific educational level but merely detail his attendance in lectures.

"In short, no evidence was found to indicate that Gibran Rakabuming Raka possesses a degree/certificate from abroad which is used as a basis for equivalency with a high school or vocational school diploma or its equivalent," the ruling stated.

The Supreme Court further mentioned in the ruling that equating educational units using an international curriculum with those using a national curriculum without supporting certificates/diplomas from completed studies is an imprudent act that affects the substantive facts of a decision.

"Thus, the legal action of the Respondent in issuing the a quo decision violates the principle of formal prudence," the ruling stated.

Supreme Court's Ruling Summary

In the Supreme Court's ruling, it affirmed the lawsuit brought by Subhan in its entirety.

"Secondly, it declares null and void the Certificate of the Director General of Primary and Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 9149/D.D1/KS/2019, dated August 6, 2019," the ruling noted.

The third ruling requires the respondent, in this case, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen), to revoke the Certificate of the Director General of Primary and Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 9149/D.D1/KS/2019, dated August 6, 2019.

It orders the Respondent to pay litigation costs at all court levels, which are set at Rp400,000.00 (four hundred thousand Rupiah) for the cassation level.