Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has expressed confidence that his popularity will surge to 50 percent by the end of the month as Golkar has agreed to fully support him in the 2014 presidential election.

Aburizal said during the party's 47th anniversary commemoration on Saturday evening in Jakarta that his electability in the upcoming race previously stood at 25 percent, although he did not elaborate from where the figure came. "[By the end of] October, it is expected to reach 50 percent," Aburizal said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Golkar members from the country's 33 provinces attending the party's national leaders meeting earlier this week unanimously agreed to support Aburizal as the party's sole candidate for the 2014 presidential election.

The veteran politician and business tycoon said, however, that Golkar would only officially declare its presidential candidate in a national leaders' meeting planned for October next year. Aburizal's bid for the presidency might face obstacles from Golkar members at its regency and municipal branches.