Indonesian vice president Gibran Raka has resigned over a high school diploma scandal.
The 39-year-old submitted his resignation letter to parliament on Thursday after submitting the same to President Prabowo Subianto, the speaker of the country’s People’s Consultative Assembly, Ahmad Muzani, told reporters.
Raka, who is former president Joko Widodo’s son, had faced mounting pressure to resign following a Supreme Court ruling last month to annul his high school qualification.
His resignation comes as thousands have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest economic hardship, graft, perceived authoritarianism and the government’s handling of months of devastating wildfires emitting a toxic haze that has made thousands ill.
Indonesian police detained more than 150 people after protesters clashed with security forces in Yogyakarta city southeast of the capital overnight.
The violence followed demonstrations across several Indonesian cities on Tuesday over the government’s management of the economy, its handling of devastating wildfires and stagnant wages.
Around 100 people gathered near Yogyakarta’s parliament around 8:00 pm (1300 GMT), aiming firecrackers and hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails towards the building, police said in a statement Wednesday.
