Indonesia's VP offers resignation as questions mount over his eligibility

His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2951x1967+0+0/resize/2951x1967!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb4%2Fec%2F40421aef4e4eadd1e6a1d38e291a%2Fap26314357607686.jpg' alt='FILE - Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, left, walks with President Prabowo Subianto after Subianto delivered his State of the Nation Address at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.'/><p>His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president.</p><p>(Image credit: Dita Alangkara)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-152788' />