Head of the Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat (Setpres) Bey Machmudin denied that reports that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had received a salary increase were not true. Law Number 7 of 1978 concerning Financial/Administrative Rights of the President and Vice President and Former Presidents and Vice Presidents, said Bey in a press release, Wednesday (28/6/2017) afternoon. The Presidential Decree states, in Article 2 of the Law, it is stated that the basic salary of the President is six times the highest basic salary of an official in Indonesia other than the President and Vice President. According to Government Regulation No. 75 of 2000, the highest basic salary of a state official (Chairman of the DPR, MA, BPK) is Thus, the amount of the President's Basic Salary per month is six times the salary, which is Rp. 30240000. Meanwhile, the Vice President's Basic Salary is four times that of the salary, which is Rp. 20160000, explained Bey. According to Bey, the Vice President every month, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 68/2001, which is Rp. 32500000 for the President and Rp. 22000000 for the Vice-President. Thus, the amount of income received by the President and Vice President has not changed since 2001, said Bey.