Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita – Despite being picked by his colleagues to run for president in 2014, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has yet to agree, a deputy chairman said on Tuesday.

Ketut Sudikerta, head of the party's Bali chapter, said all of the provincial branches across the country had agreed on Sunday to nominate Aburizal as the presidential candidate in the 2014 election. Ketut also said that Aburizal had been informed of the widespread support.

But Fadel Muhammad, the party's deputy chairman and also the Minister for Maritime Affairs, said "Pak Ical [Aburizal] has yet to respond that."

"He's always like that," Fadel said. "When he went to regionals and people made statements that they support him for the presidential election, he didn't give a response."

Fadel said that Aburizal likely does not want to rush into a decision. As long as an official statement doesn't come from the chairman himself, Fadel added, then nothing's official.