The news circulating about the plan to increase the salaries of the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia is confirmed to be a hoax or false news. This certainty was revealed after Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed this in front of journalists at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java. It does not exist and has never been discussed, he said. When giving a statement regarding President Joko Widodo's meeting with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) delegation, he received a question about it. The Minister of Finance explained that currently there are a lot of circulating information and documents that are made as if they came from government institutions. "It's a hoax. Nowadays, there is a lot of information and documents that are made similar to those from the government and published," he said. Previously, it was widely circulated on social media regarding the plan to increase the salaries of the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. Residents will be proposed to receive a salary of up to Rp. 553422694 per month. Meanwhile, the vice president is said to be proposed to receive a salary of Rp. 368948462 per month.