Jakarta, Sept. 10 -- Indonesia's Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa plans to withdraw Rp200 trillion (US$12.2 billion) of government funds held at Bank Indonesia (BI) to stimulate economic growth.

"Our financial system is slowing down somewhat. In the last two years, people have had difficulty finding work due to policy errors, both monetary and fiscal. I see the Finance Ministry as having a role in that," Sadewa said after a working meeting with Commission XI of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Jakarta on Wednesday.

He said the main factor hampering growth is the slow disbursement of government spending, which has drained liquidity from the financial system.

"The government regularly collects taxes and deposits them at the cen...