It took seven months for Prabowo Subianto to answer calls from party cadres for him to step forward as a presidential candidate. Back in October 2017, Gerindra cadres had asked Prabowo to declare his candidacy for the presidency. However, the Gerindra General Chair remained non-committal.

On Wednesday two weeks ago, Prabowo finally stated he was ready to run if asked to do so by the party. According to Gerindra Secretary-General Ahmad Muzani, Pr