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Indonesia's Vice President Offers to Resign Amid Questions Over Eligibility

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has offered to resign amid mounting pressure over his academic credentials, officials say.

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ABC News reported that Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has offered to resign amid mounting pressure over his academic credentials, according to officials. ABC News report on the resignation offer

NPR, in a story credited to The Associated Press, reported that the vice president's resignation offer comes as questions mount over his eligibility. NPR report on the eligibility questions

NPR also reported that the offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo. Its summary links the offer to a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president, but it does not describe any connection between that investigation and the eligibility questions.

The two reports differ in emphasis. ABC News attributes the offer to officials and ties the pressure to the academic credentials, while the NPR summary does not name who disclosed the offer or specify the nature of the eligibility questions. Both headlines frame the matter as a question of eligibility, but neither summary explains the basis for that question.

Neither summary states whether the offer has been accepted or what steps may follow. The reports available for this story are brief summaries, and further details could not be confirmed from them.

Sources: ABC News: Indonesia's vice president offers resignation as questions mount over his eligibility; NPR: Indonesia's VP offers resignation as questions mount over his eligibility.

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