Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party chief patron Lt. Gen. Prabowo Subianto has said the media should focus on him rather than popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

"Don't just write about Jokowi, I need coverage too," Prabowo said on Saturday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Prabowo said members of the media should all be present when he announces his presidential candidacy. He said Gerindra had yet to publicly announce his candidacy because the party was waiting for the right moment.

The former commander of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) said Gerindra was currently working to meet the 20 percent parliamentary threshold so that it could go solo in nominating him as president.