ON PAPER, THE resignation of Indonesia’s vice-president on November 11th was a simple question of eligibility(资格). Indonesia’s electoral law requires that the vice-president possess a secondary-school diploma(文凭) or its equivalent. Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who was elected in 2024, can do one better(更胜一筹): he has a university degree. But on October 30th Indonesia’s Supreme Court ruled that he had got into university without completing high school.(但10月30日，印尼最高法院裁定，他在未完成高中学业的情况下进入了大学。) In the days that followed, over 120 members of parliament called for his impeachment(弹劾). Mr Gibran leapt before he was pushed(先发制人辞职).
表面上看，印尼副总统在11月11日的辞职只是一个简单的资格问题。印尼选举法要求副总统拥有中学文凭或同等学历。吉布兰·拉卡布明·拉卡于2024年当选，他甚至更胜一筹：他拥有大学学位。但10月30日，印尼最高法院裁定，他在未完成高中学业的情况下进入了大学。在随后的几天里，超过120名议员呼吁弹劾他。吉布兰先生在被推下台之前先跳了船。
In practice, however, there is little that is black and white(黑白分明的) about the latest trouble in a tumultuous(动荡的) year for Indonesian politics. The vice-president’s resignation comes amid the collapse(崩溃) of a political partnership between President Prabowo Subianto and Mr Gibran’s father, the former president Joko Widodo. The break between the two looks set to(似乎将要) plunge(使陷入) Indonesian politics into further uncertainty.
然而，在实践中，对于印尼政治动荡一年中的最新麻烦，几乎没有什么是黑白分明的。副总统的辞职正值总统普拉博沃·苏比安托与吉布兰的父亲、前总统佐科·维多多之间的政治伙伴关系崩溃之际。两人之间的决裂似乎将使印尼政治陷入进一步的不确定性。
Jokowi, as the former president is known, defeated Mr Prabowo in bitter(激烈的) presidential elections in 2014 and 2019, going on to lead the country for ten years. The two later reconciled(和解), and a term-limited(任期受限的) Jokowi offered up his son to serve as Mr Prabowo’s running-mate(竞选搭档) in the 2024 election. The unity ticket(团结组合) coasted(轻松获胜) to victory, cheered on(欢呼支持) by Indonesians happy at last to be offered political stability.
佐科威（前总统的常用称呼）在2014年和2019年激烈的总统选举中击败了普拉博沃，随后领导国家十年。两人后来和解，任期受限的佐科威推荐他的儿子在2024年选举中作为普拉博沃的竞选搭档。这对团结组合轻松获胜，印尼人终于为获得政治稳定而欢呼。