Jakarta, ThedailyID — Dozens of protesters gathered outside the East Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building in Surabaya on Tuesday, November 10, demanding the impeachment of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
The demonstrators identified themselves as members of the Nationalist 96 Movement. The group included senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) supporters and activists who described themselves as supporters of party chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri.
They displayed protest signs alleging that Gibran had violated the eligibility requirements for his vice presidential candidacy.
Saleh Ismail Mukadar, the movement’s coordinator and a senior PDI-P cadre, said the rally aimed to uphold the Constitution. He urged the East Java DPRD to forward the protesters’ demands to the national parliament.
“We urge the House of Representatives, through the East Java DPRD, to exercise its constitutional authority and impeach Gibran from his position as vice president,” Ismail said.
He argued that the demand had a legal basis in rulings issued by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court (MK) and Supreme Court (MA).
On October 6, 2026, the Constitutional Court issued Decision No. 01/PHPU.PRES-XXIV/2026. According to the protesters’ interpretation, the ruling found no convincing evidence that Gibran held a foreign diploma or degree equivalent to a senior high school qualification.
The Supreme Court subsequently issued Decision No. 742 K/TUN/2026 on October 30, granting an appeal concerning Gibran’s education equivalency documents.
The ruling declared the disputed education equivalency certificate legally invalid and void, according to the protesters’ account.
Ismail and his fellow demonstrators argued that the decision was binding and meant Gibran no longer met the formal requirements for serving as vice president or another state official.
During the rally, some protesters also defaced a photograph of Gibran.
Ismail further accused Gibran of conspiring with the General Elections Commission (KPU) and officials within the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. These allegations were claims made by the protest coordinator.
He warned that Tuesday’s demonstration would not be their last. The group plans to organize larger and potentially daily protests if parliament does not respond to its demands.
“We will bring in more people and expand the demonstrations, possibly every day, until they hear us and the impeachment takes place,” Ismail said.
