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 Sri Mulyani Indrawati confirmed this in front of journalists at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java. ” he said on Monday, March 12, 2018. While giving a statement regarding President Joko Widodo's meeting with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) delegation, he received a question about it. from government institutions, as quoted from the release of the Deputy for Protocol, Press, and Media Secretariat, Bey Machmudin “What the Minister of Defense said (in social media) it was a hoax, it was like that. from the government and published right," he said. 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 this issue, it was stated that the president would be proposed to receive a salary of up to Rp. 553422694 per month. The vice president was said to be proposed to receive a salary of Rp. 368948462 per month