The basic salary of the president, which is only around Rp. 30 million per month, is currently considered very low. The government plans to propose an increase in the president's salary to become Rp. 553 million per month. In the RPP, apart from the president, the vice president and other high-ranking state officials will also experience salary increases. The president's salary has skyrocketed because the calculation is based on an index of 1:12698 between the salaries of the lowest rank civil servants and the highest The income index for the president is simulated to reach 96000, so he will earn IDR 553.4 million per month. Meanwhile, the vice president (wapres) will receive an income of IDR 368.9 million per month from the previous basic salary of IDR 20 million. income 64000 With p With this salary change, the monthly income of the president of the Republic of Indonesia will compete with leaders in other countries. In the RPP there are also proposals for new salaries for the Ministers, Attorney General, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Chief of Police, Chairman of the MPR, Chairman of the DPR, Chairman of the DPD, and Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission. , Chairman of the BPK, Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Constitutional Court. With an index calculation of 16000, their income is Rp. 92.2 million per month. Then for the Deputy Chairs of the MPR, DPR, DPD, KPK, BPK, MA and MK, they have an income index of 15333 and receive income IDR 88.3 million per month. Meanwhile, Deputy Ministers, Deputy Chief of Police, DPR Members, DPD Members, BPK Members, and Supreme Court Justices per month earn IDR 80.7 million with an income index of 14,000. Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (KemenPAN) -RB) acknowledged the issue of the circulation of this RPP, although he stated that the proposal was not yet ripe. The Head of the Legal, Communication and Public Information Bureau of KemenPAN-RB, Herman Suryatman said that the information The RPP organization is not yet valid. Herman said that the RPP was sourced from the discussion material that was held last year. "Those are simulation numbers that are not valid. 11/3/2018) As is known, the RPP for the Salaries and Benefits of Civil Servants is a technical rule of the Law on State Civil Apparatus (ASN). According to Herman, the explanation contains a simulation of the income of civil servants and other state officials. requires further study. "Not only contains a simulation of the income of state officials, but also a simulation of the income of civil servants. Please don't be misunderstood," he asked. regions such as governors, regents, mayors, provincial DPRD and DPRD regencies or cities will also experience an increase Where for governors will earn Rp. 76.8 million per month with an index of 13333 Then for deputy governors, regents/mayors, and chairman of the Provincial DPRD will earn income of Rp. 73.2 million with an income index of 12698. The deputy regent/mayor, deputy chairman of the provincial DPRD, the chairman of the regency/municipal DPRD have a salary of Rp. Rp. 66.3 million. Finally, for district/city DPRD members, the salary that will be obtained is Rp. 63.3 million with an income index of 10969. Public Policy Expert at the University of Padjadjaran (Unpad), Yogi Suprayogi, assessed that although it is only a simulation, the increase in state officials is irrelevant. obtained by state officials is now enough "It's enough because there is an additional operating allowance al It's big It's what he likes No need to grow up It's irrelevant," he explained According to him, if there must be an increase, the salaries of the president and central officials must be adjusted to the inflation rate. "We are also not a developed country. billion," he said. Yogi said that compared to the salaries of state officials, improving the salaries of civil servants is considered more important at this time. According to him, the material for the RPP for the salaries and benefits of civil servants currently circulating is one of the scenarios that are simulated by the government. the technical rules of the ASN Law, one of which is the RPP Salary and Allowance Yogi emphasizes the importance of changing the salary scheme of civil servants. enlarged compared to the performance allowance. Currently the basic salary is smaller so that Civil servants go here and there to increase the performance allowance. Expensive allowance must be greater than the other two so that teachers are willing to be placed in remote areas. In addition, he also highlighted that the performance allowance must be based on performance. He reminded that no state should pay salaries based on education level. in some countries it is also partly performance-based In the United States, the salary of a civil servant in the State Department ranges from USD88000 to USD96000 per year However, the lowest government employee salary is USD18785 per year The number of civil servants in Uncle Sama's country reaches 2.79 million people. US president around USD400000 The presidential salary increase was very drastic in 2001 Previously the president's salary was only USD200000 Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Najib Razak gave an annual bonus in 2018 to government employees amounting to 1.6 million In addition, he also provided a pension of 1000 ringgit per month y Those who have served for 25 years The salary of Malaysian civil servants who serve 1-4 years is around 36000 ringgit and those who have served for more than 10-19 years earn 70753 ringgit. The salary of civil servants who have just worked in Singapore is 3000 Singapore dollars per month. For a managerial position, the salary is around SGD 8000. The number of employees in Singapore is 84,000. According to Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, Singapore's civil servants are among the most efficient and uncorruptible bureaucrats. "They have high standards of discipline and accountability," said Friedman.