Politics · Indonesia · 21 hrs ago
Ganjar Urges Focus on Kalimantan Fires Amid Calls to Impeach Gibran
Calls to impeach Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka have emerged after a Constitutional Court ruling on his education documents.
The court rejected a challenge over the documents, saying there was no evidence that Gibran had reported completing high school when he registered as a vice-presidential candidate in 2024.
The challengers say they plan to meet lawmakers, the Regional Representative Council, the People’s Consultative Assembly and political parties to seek support for impeachment.
They say the House of Representatives is the first body with constitutional authority to initiate the process.
Ganjar Pranowo, a senior figure in the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, urged political leaders to focus instead on fires in Kalimantan that are still burning.
Smoke from the fires has affected neighboring countries and drawn protests, he said.
The challengers also plan to approach the presidential palace, while Ganjar said the fires should be a government priority.
PDIP official Ganjar Pranowo said the government should prioritize fighting forest and land fires in Kalimantan over calls to impeach Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
Ganjar said smoke from the fires had prompted protests from neighboring countries.
Calls for impeachment followed a Constitutional Court ruling that found no evidence of Gibran’s high school diploma being reported when he registered as a vice-presidential candidate in 2024.
The plaintiffs plan to meet lawmakers and political parties to discuss impeachment.
- Who
- Ganjar Pranowo, a PDIP official, urged attention to the fires. Plaintiffs seeking Gibran’s impeachment plan to approach lawmakers and political parties.
- What
- Ganjar called for the Kalimantan fires to be treated as a priority amid calls to impeach Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
- When
- Ganjar made the remarks on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The fires are in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
- Why
- Ganjar said the fires were still not out and had caused smoke that drew protests from neighboring countries.
Ganjar Pranowo
Plaintiffs seeking Gibran’s impeachment
Priority
Ganjar Pranowo
The government should focus on handling the Kalimantan fires.
Plaintiffs seeking Gibran’s impeachment
They are seeking to advance impeachment proceedings against Gibran.
Next steps
Ganjar Pranowo
Political authorities should give attention to the fires.
Plaintiffs seeking Gibran’s impeachment
They plan to seek meetings with legislative institutions and political parties to discuss impeachment.
How about if today we focus on the smoke that has already begun to draw protests from neighboring countries.
We are ashamed as a nation that we cannot resolve this quickly.
We will continue to hold meetings. We are preparing letters to request time with factions in the DPR, MPR, and we also already have communication with the DPD leadership.
The door we have to knock on is the House of Representatives, because it is they who have the constitutional right or authority to propose the initial of impeachment.
Denny Indrayana said the plaintiffs were preparing letters to request meetings with legislative institutions.
The plaintiffs said they would seek meetings with the DPR, DPD, MPR and political parties.
Ganjar said the government should prioritize handling the Kalimantan fires.
- Fire location
- Kalimantan
- Vice president
- Gibran Rakabuming Raka
- PDIP official
- Ganjar Pranowo
- Ganjar’s statement
- October 11, 2026
- Planned outreach
- DPR, DPD, MPR and political parties
Sources
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