Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the education requirements connected to Gibran Rakabuming Raka's candidacy cannot be accepted, according to detikNews. The court held a hearing to announce the decision, CNN Indonesia and CNBC Indonesia reported.
CNN Indonesia reported that the court found no evidence that Gibran holds a high school equivalency certificate, a point raised in the dispute. The panel declined to proceed with the case, with Kompas reporting the lawsuit was declared inadmissible.
The case centered on the educational qualifications at issue in Gibran's candidacy. Several parties had filed the challenge with the court, and Kumparan published a list of the petitioners involved. The court scheduled the ruling reading for 8 p.m. local time, CNBC Indonesia reported.
The decision closes this particular legal challenge at the Constitutional Court level. It is not immediately clear from the reporting what steps, if any, the petitioners plan to take next.
What to watch: whether the petitioners pursue further legal options or issue a formal response to the ruling.
