Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has said he would continue to contribute to the party, however, he added that he did not intend to run for the party chairmanship in the future.

Aburizal, who was selected as the party chairman in November, 2014, made the statement in his speech at the closing ceremony of the party'€™s national leadership meeting at Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday.  

Several Golkar regional executive board officers called on the politician, popularly known as Ical, not to leave the party as he was delivering the speech.

'€œI will not leave the Golkar Party. I will still be together with you all,'€ said Aburizal as quoted by kompas.com.

The politician further said that he would continue to work for Golkar in various ways. Aburizal said he could still give input to the Golkar Party chairman and leaders over the next period even if he was not in a formal position of power.

'€œI send my regards to all officials at the district, regency, municipality and province levels and tell them that I will never leave the Golkar Party. I can give input to the newly elected officials in the future,'€ said Aburizal.

During the meeting, Aburizal was touted as Golkar'€™s next Advisory Council chairman. An idea to expand the Advisory Council'€™s authority through a revision of the party'€™s rules of association and internal bylaws was also raised in the meeting. It was suggested that through the revision the Advisory Council could take part in decision-making processes as well as give advice to the party. Regarding the suggestion, Aburizal said he could neither reject nor accept it as it depended on the decision of all the regional executive boards.  (ebf)(+)

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