He is also given the mandate to decide whether he will remain as the partys presidential candidate or as vice presidential candidate.
"The leadership meeting decided that Golkar Partys General Chairman Aburizal Bakrie has the full mandate to decide his presidential or vice presidential candidacy for the 2014 presidential elections," Aburizal Bakrie (ARB) said after the Golkar leadership meeting at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), here on Sunday.
The meeting result is that ARB was given the mandate to take political steps with regard to coalition with other parties in the run up the July 9 presidential race.
"Besides that, with the leadership meetings results, the previous leadership meeting decisions are declared no longer valid," he stressed.
The Sundays leadership meeting was attended by 33 provincial branches and 8 organizations which were instrumental to the founding of Golkar.
"This is a decision taken based on consensus. It is signed by the Golkar General chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, and Golkar Secretary General Idrums Marham," ARB said. (*)
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