Indonesia's upper house will select a new vice president on December 2 following Gibran Rakabuming Raka's resignation.
Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the vice president and son of former president Joko Widodo, resigned this week after Indonesia's top courts ruled he lacked adequate education credentials. Upper house speaker Ahmad Muzani said on Friday that the chamber will pick a new vice president on December 2 and will ask President Prabowo Subianto to submit two names.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
3 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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South China Morning Post
Bloomberg
Reuters
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
South China Morning Post
Indonesia’s upper house to pick new VP on December 2
procedural, notes political fallout · neutral
Bloomberg
Indonesia on a New Path as Prabowo-Jokowi Political Ties Fray
power-struggle analysis · negative
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- South China Morning Post+8.7 h
- Bloomberg+9.1 h
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The split, in one line
The wires report the December 2 vote and the court ruling on credentials; Bloomberg skips the procedural date and frames the resignation as Prabowo consolidating power against Jokowi.
How each outlet covered it
No left-right split here
Coverage clusters in the center and international press. Here is each take as it stands.
Center & international coverage
“Indonesia’s upper house to pick new VP on December 2”
“Indonesia on a New Path as Prabowo-Jokowi Political Ties Fray”
“Indonesia's upper house to pick new vice president on December 2, its speaker says”
5 tracked claims across 3 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
Indonesia's top courts ruled Gibran had inadequate education credentials to run for the job
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