120 Indonesian lawmakers seek vice president’s impeachment after education credentials questioned

JAKARTA: A total of 120 Indonesian lawmakers moved Wednesday to challenge the vice president’s eligibility to remain in office, launching a parliamentary process that could lead to his impeachment after recent court rulings raised doubts about his educational credentials.

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the 39-year-old son of former President Joko Widodo, submitted his resignation during a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday, saying he wanted to avoid a prolonged political controversy.

But lawmakers in the House of Representatives are continuing to pursue a motion over the dispute, because it wasn’t immediately clear whether Prabowo accepted the resignation.

The effort gained momentum Wednesday after the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, said that all of its 110 lawmakers had agreed to invoke parliament’s constitutional “right to express an…