Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati immediately denied the news that was recently discussed by the media, including by netizens on social media. The news is about the increase in the salary of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) which is said to be up to IDR 553 million per month. After accompanying President Joko Widodo to receive the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) delegation, Monday (12/3/2018), the Minister of Finance said the news was not true or a hoax. "Currently, a lot of information is produced, and the documents that are made are similar to those officially made by the government and then published. We did not discuss it at all. Absolutely nothing," he said at the Bogor Palace. He added that the salary design for civil servants next year will only be discussed with Parliament when the 2019 State Budget Draft is discussed after reading the 2019 Financial Note. Previously, a Government Regulation Draft concerning State Civil Apparatus was circulated which stated that the President's salary had increased from the current position of Rp. 62 million to Rp. 553 million. Citing detikcom on Friday (9/3/2018) reported an exposition of material related to the proposed new structure for the salary of Civil Servants (PNS) in circulation. In the explanation, one of them was stated about the simulation of the income of state officials from the president to the leadership of the DPR which consists of salaries and allowances. It is stated that the president's income is simulated at Rp. 553422694 per month, then the vice president is Rp. 368948462 per month. Still from the same explanation, the simulation of the amount of income for ministerial level officials, attorney general, Commander of the TNI, Chief of Police, Chair of the MPR, Chairman of the DPR to Chairman of the Constitutional Court has an income of Rp. 92237116 per month. A simulation of the calculation of the income of officials starting from the level of deputy heads of the MPR, DPR, DPD, KPK and MK is also described, which is Rp. 88393902 million per month. Then the income of the governor and member judges of the Supreme Court is Rp. 76864263 million per month. In the presentation material, the title "RPP on Salaries, Benefits and Facilities for Civil Servants" was written with the logo of the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB) written on it. When confirmed, the Ministry of PAN-RB explained that the exposure material was not official information. "This is only a discussion material for 2016, not official information," explained the Head of the Legal, Communication and Public Information Bureau of the PAN-RB Ministry, Herman Suryatman when contacted by detikFinance.