Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani emphasized that the government had never discussed the discourse of salary increases for President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK).

Previously, there was a presentation entitled "RPP on the Salaries, Benefits and Facilities of Civil Servants" which contained a simulation of calculating the salaries of the President of Rp. 553,422,694 per month and the Vice President of Rp. 368,948 per month.

"It doesn't exist and has never been discussed and in my opinion what the Minister of Defense said was a hoax, yes it is," said Sri Mulyani at the Bogor Palace Complex, West Java (12/3/2018).
Sri Mulyani said that currently a lot of information has been spread on social media by making it resemble the form of documents from the government. In fact, he said, the information published was a hoax.

"So we have no discussion about it at all, absolutely nothing," he added.
According to him, each Draft Government Regulation (RPP) regarding the salaries, allowances and facilities of civil servants will be discussed with the DPR, including the Government Work Plan (RKP) and the 2019 RAPBN.

"In financial notes, usually the salary increase and payment of the 13th salary as well as for pensions are usually entered by the President at the time of the August financial note," he said.