Indonesia's Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has told President Prabowo Subianto that he intends to resign, the presidential palace confirmed on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, in a development that throws the country's leadership into uncertainty.

State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi told reporters at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta that Gibran raised the matter during a meeting with Prabowo on Tuesday morning that lasted about two and a half hours.

"During the discussion, the Vice-President told the President that he intended to resign in response to the developing situation concerning the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court," Prasetyo said.

Prabowo did not reject the move

Prasetyo stressed that reports claiming Prabowo had rejected Gibran's intention were untrue. He said the president offered advice during the discussion, and that no immediate decision was taken on the resignation.

"It is not true that the President rejected this intention during the meeting," Prasetyo said. "The President offered a great deal of advice during their discussion."

Gibran, 39, also asked for time to prove the validity of his education documents through proceedings at the State Administrative Court, known as PTUN. The palace said the vice-president wanted the opportunity to establish that the documents he holds are valid.

Why the documents are in dispute

The dispute centres on the education documents Gibran submitted when he registered as a vice-presidential candidate for the 2024 election. Last month, rulings by the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court found that the documents he submitted did not meet election requirements.

The Supreme Court granted an appeal challenging the validity of Gibran's senior high school equivalency certificate and declared the certificate invalid. The Constitutional Court said it did not have the power to disqualify him, adding that this was the responsibility of other institutions.

Gibran is the eldest son of Joko Widodo, Indonesia's hugely popular two-term former president. His place on the ticket helped Prabowo win the 2024 election by a large margin, but he has kept a low profile as vice-president, and his appearances together with Prabowo have been infrequent in their first two years in office.

Pressure building in parliament

The resignation offer comes as political pressure mounts in parliament. A total of 50 members representing six factions in the House of Representatives have backed a proposal to exercise the right to express an opinion, seeking to pursue the controversy over Gibran's diploma.

House Speaker Puan Maharani said many opinions on the issue of Gibran's eligibility had been received during a one-month recess, and that the next steps would be discussed. Indonesia's parliament reconvened on Tuesday, with lawmakers weighing the possibility of a probe into whether his incomplete education documents disqualify him as vice-president.

Cracks in the relationship between Prabowo and the Widodo family deepened last week following the arrest of three senior police officers accused of widespread illegal wiretapping, including of Prabowo himself. The arrests included a Jokowi loyalist recently transferred from the post of national police chief to become the president's chief of staff.

What happens next

Gibran has expressed an intention to resign, but he has not formally stepped down, and no resignation has yet taken effect. Any formal resignation by a vice-president would have to follow the procedures set out in Indonesia's 1945 Constitution and the rules of the People's Consultative Assembly.

For now, the palace has confirmed only that the intention was conveyed and that Prabowo did not oppose it. Whether Gibran follows through, and whether his court challenge over the documents succeeds, will decide how the crisis unfolds in the coming days.