Finance Minister Sri Mulyani denied that the president's salary was proposed to increase to IDR 553 million per month as appeared in the draft government regulation (RPP) on the Salaries and Benefits of Civil Servants (PNS).
"It doesn't exist and has never been discussed, and in my opinion, what the Menpan said was a hoax," Sri Mulyani said at the Bogor Palace, Monday (12/3).
Currently, the president's basic salary is around Rp. 30 million per month. The salary jumped dramatically with an index-based calculation of 1:12,698 between the salaries of the lowest rank civil servants and the highest.
The president's income index is simulated to reach Rp. 96,000, so he will earn Rp. 553.4 million per month.
Based on calculations circulating on social media, the salaries of state officials also increased, such as vice presidents, to IDR 368.9 million per month from the previous basic salary of IDR 20 million because the income index was IDR 64,000.
However, Sri Mulyani reiterated that the government has not yet discussed the plan to increase the president's salary.
"Nowadays a lot of information is produced, and documents that are made similar to the government are then published," said the former Director of the World Bank.
"We have no discussion about it at all," said the former Director of the World Bank.