Absorption Target Stimulus Good

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - National Planning and Development Agency (Bappenas) absorption of the target set until the end of fiscal stimulus in 2009 will reach 90 percent. Minister of Finance and Implementation Task (Plt.) Coordinating Minister for Economy Sri Mulyani Indrawati, the target rate as a natural thing because it was in the range of average annual budget absorption.

"Oh good dong when 90 percent. If 90 percent of the house had been really good. It is the average for this absorption is typically 95 percent-85 percent. So, if 90 per cent, was in the middle," he said, when met at his office, Jakarta, Monday (12/10).

Ministry of Finance said it would conduct a thorough evaluation of the absorption of future budget fiscal stimulus. If it is found that the budget can not be absorbed because of the efficiency of the budget, there is no problem. "For example, if the estimated budget of 100, but after the tender dapetnya 90 yes that's 10 not out. So that thrift because the process is better," he said.

However, if because of the failure of the planning and implementation, then it threatened to give sanction to the Ministry of Institution (K / L) or the regional government. "As our board submitted to evaluation only. Absorsinya If the failure of planning and execution, it was included in the withholding or sanction," he explained.

Previously Director General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance Hery Purnomo said the final quarter into the year 2009, the number of new stimuli which absorbed approximately 31.46 percent or approximately USD $ 3.565 trillion from the budget ceiling of 11.335 billion infrastructure stimulus. The low absorption of this budget, could threaten the government's economic growth.

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