MEETING with Gerindra Party Executive Chair Sufmi Dasco Ahmad at a restaurant in Senayan, Central Jakarta, in mid-June, Anies Baswedan expressed his desire to meet Prabowo Subianto. Speaking to Dasco, Anies asked Prabowo to give him his blessing to run in the Jakarta regional head election. 

Dasco then made a video call with Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo waved to Anies. Without directly conveying his intentions to that president-elect, Ani