Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is open to attending a lawsuit\nhearing concerning the education equivalency certificate at the Jakarta\nState Administrative Court (PTUN). His attendance would depend on\nwhether the hearing schedule conflicts with his duties as vice-president\nassisting President Prabowo Subianto.<\/p>\n
Gibran\u2019s lawyer, Adil Supatra Akbar, told journalists in Jakarta on\nThursday (29 October). \u201cHe said that if the occasion arises and it does\nnot conflict with his schedule, he would have no objection to attending\nthe hearing,\u201d Adil said, according to a video recording on\n20detik.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, that is conditional on the opportunity not conflicting with\nhis schedule. As vice-president and an aide to the president, he\nnaturally has many duties to complete,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Adil said that before the hearing of the lawsuit brought by Denny\nIndrayana\u2019s legal team at the Jakarta PTUN, his team had spoken directly\nwith Gibran. At the meeting, Gibran said he was not angry with anyone\nquestioning the validity of his education.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I said, before we came to this hearing, we had already met with\nthe vice-president. He personally asked us to help, and also said, \u2018I am\nnot angry with anyone; I just ask that this be addressed,\u2019\u201d Adil\nsaid.<\/p>\n
According to the PTUN\u2019s official website, the lawsuit over Gibran\u2019s\neducation equivalency certificate was filed on 15 July 2026. The\nplaintiff is listed as PT Mercy Toga Kirana, while the defendant is the\nDirector-General of Secondary and Special Education at the Ministry of\nPrimary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen).<\/p>\n
The plaintiff is asking the court to declare invalid or annul\nDecision No.\u00a09149\/D.D1\/KS\/2019, dated 6 August 2019, concerning the\nequivalency of qualifications. The decision formed the basis of the\nadministrative assessment used by the General Elections Commission (KPU)\nwhen checking Gibran\u2019s education requirements.<\/p>\n
At Thursday\u2019s hearing in the Jakarta PTUN, however, Denny and his\nlegal team announced that they were withdrawing the lawsuit and walking\nout of the proceedings concerning Gibran\u2019s education equivalency\ncertificate.<\/p>\n
Denny announced the walkout on his official personal Instagram\naccount. \u201cToday, my legal team and I are withdrawing the lawsuit and\nwalking out of the PTUN hearing concerning Gibran\u2019s Education\nEquivalency Certificate,\u201d he wrote, according to a post cited on\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Denny said they walked out because the defendant, the Ministry of\nEducation, had repeatedly failed to present any evidence that could form\nthe basis for issuing Gibran\u2019s certificate.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite being asked repeatedly, including by the presiding judge,\nthey have still not presented any evidence forming the basis for the\ncertificate,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is strange is that, having failed to produce the evidence\nunderpinning the certificate, the defendant then objected when we sought\nto withdraw the lawsuit. How can that be? What is going on?\u201d Denny\nconcluded in his post.<\/p>\n
Gibran\u2019s lawyer shows copies of his education certificates<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Adil told journalists in Jakarta on Wednesday about\nGibran\u2019s education, showing certificates and diplomas belonging to the\neldest son of Indonesia\u2019s seventh president, Joko Widodo (Jokowi).<\/p>\n
Adil said Gibran attended a pre-university pathway programme at UTS\nInsearch, now called UTS College, in Australia. The institution issued a\nCertificate of Attendance, after which he continued at the Management\nDevelopment Institute of Singapore (MDIS) on the same level.<\/p>\n
\u201cUTS Insearch states in its Certificate of Attendance that Mr Gibran\nwas indeed a student at the institution and completed 90 per cent of the\nsubjects. MDIS then used this evidence as the basis for what is known as\ncredit transfer \u2014 the transfer of grades. He then completed his\npre-university studies at MDIS,\u201d Adil said on Wednesday, as quoted by\nAntara.<\/p>\n
MDIS subsequently issued an Advanced Diploma, after which Gibran\npursued higher education at the University of Bradford through its\npartnership with MDIS.<\/p>\n
Adil said the MDIS Advanced Diploma is at the same level as an\nAdvanced Level (A Level) qualification, which is used by various\ncountries, including Singapore, as a standard for university\nadmission.<\/p>\n
He followed this route after completing junior secondary school in\nSurakarta, before continuing his education overseas and obtaining an\nOrdinary Level (O Level) certificate for secondary school in\nSingapore.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople can see that in Indonesia, secondary education consists of\njunior and senior secondary school, six years in total. Overseas,\nsecondary education is understood as lasting only four years. This is\nthe first gap between the Indonesian and overseas education systems,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Adil said the explanation was intended to provide a complete and\norderly account of the stages of Gibran\u2019s education.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what we have demonstrated in court, and we hope it is a very\nclear explanation that gives the public a simple, understandable picture\nof Gibran\u2019s education history and how he obtained his qualifications,\nfrom primary school through to his bachelor\u2019s degree,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adil added that Gibran\u2019s legal team had presented the judges at the\nJakarta PTUN with all documents relating to his education and uploaded\nthem to the court\u2019s e-Court system.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/gibran-open-to-attending-ptun-hearing-on-his-education-certificate-with-a-condition-1793325101", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }