Currently, the government is preparing a draft government regulation (RPP) on salaries, allowances, and facilities for civil servants. If the RPP is actually ratified, the salary of the President of the Republic of Indonesia will increase drastically. Reaching Rp 500 million per month or Rp 6.6 billion per year. The amount is stated in the RPP material. With a presidential salary index of 96,000 points, the president's salary reaches Rp 553 million. The highest when compared to other high-ranking officials who are paid by the state budget. What is the current salary of the president of the Republic of Indonesia? The government has never released exact figures. However, looking at the regulations regarding the president's salary, the amount is very far from the Rp 500 million figure. According to Article 2 of Law Number 7 of 1978, the president's salary is 6 times the basic salary of the highest official in Indonesia (chairman of the DPR, MA, and BPK). Meanwhile, in PP No. 75/2000 it is stated that the three officials receive a salary of IDR 5,040,000 per month. Thus, the president's basic salary is Rp. 30,240,000 per month. Presidential Decree No. 68/2001 also states that the amount of allowance for the office of president is Rp. 32,500,000. So, the total money that the president receives every month is IDR 62,740,000 or IDR 752,880,000 per year. According to the palace's statement, that number has not changed since 2001. With this figure, the salary of the president of the Republic of Indonesia is relatively small when compared to the leaders of major countries in the world. Singapore Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong's salary was the highest, at USD 2.2 million or equivalent to Rp. 30.3 billion per year. After Lee, there is Doris Leuthard, the president of Switzerland, with a salary of USD 437,000 or Rp 6 billion per year. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Trunbull followed with a salary of USD 403,700 or Rp 5.5 billion per year. President Jokowi's salary is only higher than China's President Xi Jinping of USD 20,500 or IDR 283 million per year. University of Indonesia (UI) public policy observer Lina Miftahul Jannah stated that it is very natural for the president to have a very large income index. Thus, the income received by the number one person in Indonesia is very high. "That makes sense," he said. He explained that as head of state as well as head of government, the duties, responsibilities, and risks of the president are enormous. Therefore, according to him, it is not natural that the salaries of officials who are paid from the state budget are greater than the president's. He emphasized that it would be dangerous if there were other government officials whose salaries were higher than the president.