Jakarta – The Golkar Party is expected to nominate chairman Aburizal "Ical" Bakrie as its presidential candidate for the 2014 election on July 1.

Party deputy-secretary-general Lalu Mara Satriwangsa said that the decision would be made during Golkar's national leadership meeting in Bogor, West Java.

"The primary agenda for the meeting is to nominate Pak Ical as a candidate. Personally, Pak Ical has expressed his willingness to accept the nomination. This leadership meeting is a follow-up to our national meeting in October last year. This is only a formality," Lalu said as quoted by tempo.co. Lalu added that Aburizal's candidacy had won support from all elements in the party.

Late last week, 78 Golkar Party branches officially backed Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X as their nominee for vice president on a ticket that would be headed by Ical.

Golkar's central board, however, has said that it would consider other names before nominating its candidate, saying that the final decision would be made during the planned national meeting.