Indonesian billionaire businessman and chairman of Golkar Aburizal Bakrie arrives in Manggarai train station for a roadshow in Jakarta May 10, 2012. REUTERS/Matthew Bigg
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's second biggest political party has stood behind its candidate for next year's presidential election despite fears among some members that the controversial tycoon was far too unpopular among voters to stand any chance of winning.
Most opinion polls show that the chairman of the former ruling Golkar party, Aburizal Bakrie, would win less than 10 percent of the vote in July and party lawmakers acknowledge they have their work cut out to get the wealthy businessman into the presidential palace.
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