Prabowo gathers MPR, DPR and ministers after Gibran resigns
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President Prabowo Subianto held a meeting with leaders of the MPR, DPR, including Commission III of the DPR, and several ministers at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday afternoon, hours after Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation letter as vice president. Earlier, Gibran met Prabowo at Istana Merdeka before delivering the same letter to MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani at the parliamentary complex. Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the meeting discussed the constitutional follow-up to the vacancy in the vice presidential post. According to Yusril, Gibran's letter consisted of five paragraphs and referred to Article 8 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution. The provision requires the MPR to hold a session within 60 days to elect a vice president from two candidates proposed by the president.