ANIES Baswedan was in the midst of examining a number of his education and culture ministry program reports when his telephone rang after dusk on Tuesday last week. President Joko Widodo's aide was on the line and asked him to come to the Presidential Palace. "I was asked to enter through the side door because of the nature of the meeting," Anies told Tempo.

On his arrival at the palace, he headed directly for the waiting room across from where the