Jakarta – Golkar Party has come up with a consensus during the national consolidation meeting in Denpasar, Bali, to support party chairman Aburizal Bakrie in his run for the 2014 presidential elections.

"The [consolidation] meeting was initially scheduled to run for two days from Sunday to Monday but it was shortened since the Golkar executive board unanimously agreed to support Aburizal Bakrie as the party's presidential candidate for 2014," said Ketut Sudikerta, chairman of Golkar's Bali chapter, on Monday as quoted by Antara news wire.

Ketut said that Bakrie was the right man to represent the people. "Pak Ical is the right figure to lead Indonesia in the future. We are optimistic lending our support to him," Sudikerta said, "Ical" refers to Aburizal's nickname.

According to Ketut, the Bali consensus will be officially formulated at the party's national leaders meeting, which will be held as soon as possible.