Bakom denies Prabowo urged Gibran to extend diploma case to PTUN

Head of the Government Communications Agency Syahganda Nainggolan denied Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s claim that President Prabowo Subianto advised him to keep fighting in PTUN over the controversy surrounding his high school diploma. Syahganda said the President’s legal view was reflected in an explanation by Menko Hukum, HAM, Imigrasi, dan Pemasyarakatan Yusril Ihza Mahendra, who said the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court rulings on Gibran’s diploma certificate were final and binding. For that reason, Syahganda said, it was impossible for Prabowo to encourage further legal action. Earlier, Gibran said at the Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday that Prabowo had suggested he continue the fight in PTUN, bringing documents from elementary school through S-1 and coordinating with Kemendikdasmen to seek a review at the Supreme Court.