Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) president Almuzzammil Yusuf has\nrevived the controversy over Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka\u2019s\ndiploma, calling it \u201cdiploma-gate\u201d. Almuzzammil said the controversy had\narisen because of unequal treatment under the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is another important event we have just witnessed: the\nConstitutional Court\u2019s ruling on diploma-gate. We should use this as a\nstarting point for evaluating future elections, while respecting the\ndecisions of state institutions, which are final and binding,\u201d\nAlmuzzammil said in a political speech at the PKS National Technical\nGuidance event, broadcast on the party\u2019s YouTube channel on Monday (19\nOctober 2026).<\/p>\n
Almuzzammil said many members of the public had asked for the issue\nto be taken up by the House of Representatives (DPR). He said PKS was\nready to serve as a channel for public concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany people are now coming to ask questions and protest, including\napproaching us to request that the matter be resolved and processed\nfurther in the DPR through legal and constitutional means,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPKS believes the diploma-gate controversy concerns the public\u2019s\nsense of justice and unequal treatment under the law and in government.\nPKS is ready to channel public concerns,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Almuzzammil stressed that every Indonesian should have an equal\nopportunity to lead the country. He said the Constitutional Court\u2019s\nruling on the matter should inform evaluations of future elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cDemocracy must move towards meritocracy. Every Indonesian should\nhave an equal opportunity to lead, on the basis of integrity and\ncompetence, not concessions. Elections must be honest and fair,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Gibran responds to the Constitutional Court\nruling<\/strong><\/p>\n Gibran said he respected the Constitutional Court\u2019s ruling in a\nchallenge to the 2024 presidential election result, in which the court\nfound no evidence of a senior secondary school-equivalent diploma. He\nsaid he would now focus on helping deliver President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s\nvision and programmes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe respect all the stages and processes at the Constitutional Court.\nThe most important thing now is that I continue to focus on working for\nthe people and delivering the vision, mission and programmes of the\nPresident, our leader,\u201d Gibran said, as quoted by Antara on Wednesday (7\nOctober).<\/p>\n Asked about the court\u2019s ruling that he could not be disqualified as\nvice-president despite the absence of evidence of a diploma or an\neducation-equivalency document, Gibran said he had continued to\nundergraduate study after completing an education equivalent to senior\nsecondary school.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t completed senior secondary school, I wouldn\u2019t have been\nable to go to university. I studied up to bachelor\u2019s degree level in\nSingapore,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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