President Prabowo meets MPR, DPR, ministers after Gibran’s resignation

indonesianupdates.com_admin

56 minutes ago

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Prabowo Subianto met with leaders of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) and the House of Representatives (DPR), including members of DPR Commission III, as well as several ministers at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday afternoon, a few hours after Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned as vice president.

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said he was among the ministers invited to attend the meeting when met at the Presidential Palace on Thursday.

“I was instructed to come to the Palace at 1:30 p.m. today for a meeting. I also heard that, besides several ministers, MPR leaders would attend, possibly along with Commission III members or the leadership of both the MPR and DPR,” Yusril told reporters before entering the meeting room.

Yusril, who arrived at 1:35 p.m. local time, said the meeting with President Prabowo was likely to take the form of a consultation.

“This is likely to be a consultation meeting on how to follow up on the vice president’s resignation letter, as this concerns the duties and authority of the MPR, as well as the president’s obligation to address the vacancy in the vice presidency,” Yusril said.

“Coordination can therefore take place between state institutions, in this case the president and the People’s Consultative Assembly, and possibly the DPR, although the latter is not directly involved except in matters concerning impeachment,” he added.

On the same occasion, Yusril said he had also read a copy of Gibran’s resignation letter submitted to the MPR and President Prabowo.

According to the letter, Gibran had decided to resign voluntarily.

When asked about the reason for his resignation, Yusril declined to elaborate, saying only that Gibran had stepped down for personal reasons, as stated in the letter.

Yusril explained that Gibran’s resignation letter was relatively brief, consisting of just five paragraphs.

“Essentially, the vice president sent a letter to the MPR stating that he was stepping down voluntarily. In the following paragraph, he asked the People’s Consultative Assembly to follow up on his resignation letter by referring to Article 8, paragraph (2), of the 1945 Constitution,” Yusril said.

The constitutional provision stipulates that if the vice presidency becomes vacant, the MPR must convene within 60 days to elect a new vice president from candidates proposed by the president. The president may submit two candidates for the position.