Gibran Resigns, DPR Plenary Session on Impeachment Motion Called Off

A DPR plenary session that was due to discuss a proposal to invoke the right to express an opinion (Hak Menyatakan Pendapat, or HMP) against Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has been cancelled. The cancellation came after Gibran submitted a letter of resignation from the vice-presidency to the MPR.

The cancellation was confirmed by Muhammad Khozin, a member of the DPR from the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction. He said the session would not take place on Thursday (12 November 2026).

“Yes, the plenary session has been cancelled,” Khozin told reporters on Thursday (12 November 2026).

The DPR had previously scheduled a plenary session for that day to read out the proposal for an HMP against Gibran. The proposal was received by the DPR leadership on Wednesday (11 November).

DPR Deputy Speaker Saan Mustopa had said the proposal was supported by 120 MPs from eight factions, based on signatures submitted by the members sponsoring it.

Saan said the proposal would be brought before a DPR plenary session. At the time, the next session was scheduled for today.

“According to the representatives of each group of sponsors, the total number proposing this right to express an opinion, based on the signatures submitted, is 120. They are from eight factions,” Saan said.

Gibran submits resignation letter

As the proposal was due to be discussed, Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited the MPR and submitted a letter resigning from his position as Vice-President. The MPR said it would follow up on the letter.

“Mr Gibran explained that he had come to meet us, the leadership of the People’s Consultative Assembly, to submit a letter of resignation from his position as Vice-President of the Republic of Indonesia,” MPR Speaker Ahmad Muzani said at the MPR building in Central Jakarta on Thursday (12 November).

Muzani said Gibran had also submitted a similar letter to President Prabowo Subianto. According to Muzani, Gibran asked for his resignation letter to be processed promptly.

“He said the same letter had also been submitted to the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Prabowo Subianto,” he said.