Jakarta PTUN to Hear Gibran Rakabuming Raka's High School Certificate Lawsuit This Thursday

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Jakarta Administrative Court (PTUN) announced that the hearing for the lawsuit concerning the high school education equivalency certificate of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka will take place on Thursday (12/11/2026).

“The hearing will be on Thursday,” Jakarta PTUN Judge Febrina Permadi said in a phone interview with Kompas.com on Tuesday (10/11/2026).

According to the Jakarta PTUN Case Tracking Information System (SIPP), the session for case number 255/G/2026/PTUN.JKT is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM WIB.

“The agenda includes the rebuttal from the plaintiff electronically and additional document evidence from both the plaintiff and the defendant conventionally,” stated SIPP PTUN Jakarta.

This hearing will take place in the Kartika courtroom of the Jakarta PTUN.

Previously reported, the legal team from PT Mercy Toga Kirana, the plaintiff in the high school education equivalency certificate case belonging to Gibran, expressed their reasons for “walking out” and filed a petition to withdraw their lawsuit from the Jakarta PTUN on Thursday (29/10/2026).

Professor of Constitutional Law Denny Indrayana, a member of the legal team, noted that the lawsuit with case number 255/G/2026/PTUN.JKT was filed at the Jakarta PTUN in July 2025, well before the Constitutional Court's ruling on a similar case in October 2026.

“We filed our lawsuit at Jakarta PTUN earlier. This is one of the reasons why we considered withdrawing (the lawsuit from the Jakarta PTUN),” Denny stated, as quoted from a Kompas TV broadcast on Friday (30/10/2026).

The first reason is the issuance of the Constitutional Court's decision numbered 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026, which found no evidence that Gibran holds an equivalence to a high school diploma.

“When the Constitutional Court ruled that there was no proof of completing high school education or its equivalent, this certificate has lost its essence,” Denny remarked.

“Therefore, with the Constitutional Court's decision, it is clear that the spirit of this certificate is lost, as there is no proof of high school completion. And we remember that the Constitutional Court's decision is final and binding,” he added.

Following the issuance of the Constitutional Court’s ruling, the legal team of PT Mercy Toga Kirana started considering the withdrawal of their lawsuit from the Jakarta PTUN.

The second reason is that the legal team did not want the court proceedings at the PTUN to delegitimize the Constitutional Court's ruling.

“We must ensure that the Constitutional Court ruling, being one of the highest courts, is not essentially – downgraded, losing its legitimacy through the PTUN process,” he emphasized.