Finance Minister denies govt uses debts for direct cash assistance
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 06/14/2009 6:32 PM
Finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has denied that the government used foreign debts to finance its program to disburse direct cash assistance (BLT) to people on low incomes,
tempointeraktif.com reported Sunday.
“Since 2005, we have taken the budget from compensation due to the skyrocketing fuel prices,” she said, adding that the government was using the debts for national people’s empowerment programs.
Sri Mulyani, who is the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, made the statements to counter those from the chairman of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) Anwar Nasution. (ewd)
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