Dokumen (surat resmi)

Surat Pernyataan Berhenti Gibran Rakabuming Raka dari Jabatan Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia kepada Ketua MPR RI (November 2026) [Gibran Rakabuming Raka's Letter of Resignation as Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia to the Speaker of the MPR]

By Gibran Rakabuming Raka

Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia, Jakarta · Raka, Gibran Rakabuming. (2026). Surat Pernyataan Berhenti dari Jabatan Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia kepada Ketua Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, Bapak Ahmad Muzani. Jakarta, November 2026. 1 halaman. · 2026-11

Identifier

KBA-DOK-2026-0009

Type

Dokumen (surat resmi)

Publisher

Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia, Jakarta

Date Issued

2026-11

Bibliographic Citation

Raka, Gibran Rakabuming. (2026). Surat Pernyataan Berhenti dari Jabatan Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia kepada Ketua Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, Bapak Ahmad Muzani. Jakarta, November 2026. 1 halaman.

Creator

Gibran Rakabuming Raka

Subject

Gibran Rakabuming Raka Pengunduran diri Wakil Presiden Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Pasal 8 ayat (2) UUD 1945 Ketatanegaraan Indonesia Prabowo Subianto Ahmad Muzani Politik Indonesia 2026 Surat resmi

LC Classification

JQ760–779 — Pemerintahan dan politik Indonesia KNW — Hukum Indonesia

LCSH Subject

Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 1987- -- Resignation Vice-Presidents -- Indonesia -- Resignation Indonesia. Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Constitutional law -- Indonesia Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 21st century

BISAC Category

POL054000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian LAW018000 LAW / Constitutional POL022000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions

Spatial Coverage

Jakarta, Indonesia

Language

Indonesia

Description

This item is a copy of a signed letter from Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2024–2029 term, to the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Ahmad Muzani, in Jakarta. The one-page letter carries the emblem and letterhead of the Vice President, is dated Jakarta, November 2026 (the day is obscured on this copy), and declares the author's resignation from the vice-presidency at his own request. The copy entered the archive on 13 November 2026 as a widely circulated digital image and is kept as a primary record of a decisive constitutional event: the resignation of a sitting vice president, an act with only one precedent in Indonesian history, Mohammad Hatta's resignation in 1956. The letter has six short paragraphs. It states the resignation; gives a deliberately general reason, namely the interests of the nation and state and the smooth running of government, together with the conviction that the country must be safeguarded above oneself; records that the matter had been reported in person to President Prabowo Subianto on 10 and 11 November 2026; asks the MPR to follow up under Article 8(2) of the 1945 Constitution and the relevant legislation; thanks the Indonesian people, through the Assembly, for their trust; and closes formally. It bears no reference number or subject line, and since it refers to meetings on 10 and 11 November, it cannot have been written before 11 November 2026. Addressing the MPR rather than the President matters, since the Assembly is the body constitutionally competent to act on such a resignation. The background includes the May 2025 letter of the Forum of Retired TNI Soldiers (no. 003/FPPTNI/V/2025) proposing impeachment, Denny Indrayana's public call in August 2026 for the Vice President to step down, his case at the Jakarta Administrative Court (255/G/2026/PTUN.JKT) over Gibran's education-equivalence certificate, and the controversy that followed rulings of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court on the validity of his diploma. On 10 November 2026, State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi announced that Gibran had told the President of his intention to resign during a meeting of about two and a half hours, denied that the President had rejected it, and said Gibran had asked for a chance to prove the validity of his documents before the administrative court. Under Article 8(2), when the vice-presidency falls vacant the MPR must convene within sixty days to elect a new vice president from two candidates nominated by the President. Notifying the President therefore does not by itself end the term. The MPR's standing orders also provide that an impeachment motion is not pursued further if the officeholder resigns before the Assembly decides, so this letter sits where the impeachment route and the resignation route meet. Hatta resigned under the Provisional Constitution of 1950 and the office then stayed empty for years; the amended 1945 Constitution no longer allows such a vacancy to drift. The rhetoric is notably restrained: the letter names none of the disputed causes, such as the diploma, the court rulings, the retired officers' pressure or party manoeuvres, and frames the decision purely as personal sacrifice for the state. Archival note: the image was received already sharpened for legibility. At the time of cataloguing, the news sources consulted confirmed that the intention to resign was conveyed to the President on 10 November 2026, but did not yet report official MPR confirmation of receipt or a timetable. Researchers should check this copy against official releases from the MPR Secretariat General or the Vice-Presidential Secretariat. See also the Conclusions of the Commission III DPR working meeting with the Chief of Police of 12 November 2026 in this collection. References: Metro TV, 10 November 2026, https://www.metrotvnews.com/play/kqYC0Zpx-istana-gibran-sampaikan-niat-mundur-kepada-prabowo; AFU.ID, https://afu.id/nasional/memang-bisa-wapres-ajukan-pengunduran-diri-langsung-ke-presiden-ini-aturan-yang-perlu-dicatat-gibran-sebelum-mundur.

Rights

Koleksi pribadi KBA13 Academy

Extent

1 halaman

Source

Collection

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