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.

This certainty was revealed after the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani Indrawati explained this in front of journalists at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java, Monday (12/3/2018).

"It doesn't exist and has never been discussed," said Sri Mulyani to a number of media crews.

When giving information regarding the meeting of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) with the delegation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Minister of Finance received a question about it.

And the Minister of Finance explained that currently, there are indeed a lot of circulating information and documents that are made as if they came from government institutions.

"What the Menpan said (in social media) was a hoax, it was indeed like that. On social media today, there is a lot of information and documents that are made similar to those from the government and published," said Sri Mulyani.

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. In the issue, it is stated that the president will be proposed to receive a salary of up to Rp 553,422,694 per month. The vice president is said to be proposed to receive a salary of Rp 368948462 per month.