DKPP: Denny Indrayana’s Complaint Over Gibran’s School Certificate Still Under Verification
The chair of the Indonesian Election Organisers’ Ethics Council (DKPP), Heddy Lugito, has given an update on a complaint filed by former deputy law minister Denny Indrayana and several others against commissioners of the General Elections Commission (KPU). The complaint concerns a KPU regulation that meant Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka did not have to submit proof of his high-school qualification.
“No hearing has been scheduled yet. Please be patient; it is still undergoing administrative verification. Some of the required administrative documents are incomplete,” Heddy told reporters on Thursday (29 October 2026).
Heddy explained that the complaint process at the DKPP includes administrative checks. A hearing will be scheduled only after the substantive verification has been completed.
“Once the administrative requirements are met, we will verify the substance. If everything is in order, we will schedule a hearing. That is the process,” he said.
Denny Indrayana and several others had previously filed a complaint against KPU commissioners with the DKPP. The complaint was submitted by Denny alongside the Indonesian Committee for Election Monitoring (KIPP), the Ummat Party, FPP TNI, Subhan Palal and Mercy Sihombing.
They allege that Article 18(3) of KPU Regulation No. 19 of 2023 was improperly inserted, describing the provision as manipulative.
“Our complaint is not only about the certificate; it concerns administrative irregularities. It also concerns alleged manipulation and the insertion of Article 18(3) into KPU Regulation No. 19 of 2023. The public debate is still dominated by issues surrounding the certificate,” Denny said after filing the complaint at the DKPP office in Central Jakarta on Wednesday (14 October 2026).
Denny said the complaint followed a Constitutional Court ruling on their lawsuit, and argued that the issue of Gibran’s educational qualifications remained unresolved.
“We have a historical connection and a moral responsibility to continue this struggle. If you remember, on Tuesday, the day the ruling was read last week, I said this struggle was not over. The struggle is not finished,” he said.
The complainants accuse the KPU of inserting Article 18(3) of KPU Regulation No. 19 of 2023 improperly. Denny referred to a dispute between a member of the House of Representatives’ Commission II and former KPU chair Hasyim over whether the provision had been discussed.
“You can now see the discussion and debate between a former KPU commissioner and a member of Commission II, where it is said that Article 18(3) was not discussed,” he said.
Denny also alleged that the KPU accepted Gibran’s education-equivalency certificate without following a professional process or carrying out the necessary checks, including verifying the completeness and validity of the documents—a process commonly known as factual verification.
“Third, the KPU is suspected of obstructing the supervisory role of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), by denying it access to oversee and monitor the nomination process, including the documents submitted by the candidate pair. This includes the Silon nomination information system, which Bawaslu was not given access to. That was established as a fact during proceedings at the Constitutional Court,” he said.
Denny called for the current KPU commissioners to be dismissed. He also said he hoped they would not be appointed to any public positions.
“We hope dismissal would have further consequences. In other words, they should not then be given public posts such as commissioners or similar positions,” Denny said.