The salary of the President of the Republic of Indonesia is rumored to be increasing by up to Rp. 500 million per month (Rp. 6 billion) per year. The increase will occur if the Draft Government Regulation (RPP) on Salaries, Benefits, and Facilities for Civil Servants is actually ratified. With a presidential salary index of 96,000 points, then the figure is Rp 553 million as is known, in article 2 of Law number 7 of 1978, it is stated that the president's salary is six times the highest basic salary of an official in Indonesia compared to other officials such as the chairman of the DPR, MA, and BPK. Meanwhile, in PP 75/2000, it is stated that the three officials receive a salary of Rp. 5040000 per month. Thus, the basic salary of the president is Rp. 30240000 per month. According to Presidential Decree 68/2001 it also states that the allowance for the position of the President is Rp. 32500000. Thus, the total money received by the president each month is Rp. 62740000 or Rp. 752880000 per year The Palace said, this number has not changed since 17 years ago (2001) Indeed, the number The salary of the President of the Republic of Indonesia is relatively small compared to the leaders of major countries in the world. The Prime Minister (PM) of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, recorded the highest salary of USD 2.2 million or equivalent to Rp. 30.3 billion per year. The following sequence is after Lee, there is Doris. Leuthard, President of Switzerland who recorded a salary of USD 437,000 or IDR 6 billion per year The following position was Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Trumbull with a salary of USD 403,700 or IDR 5.5 billion per year. year Of course, this is Trump's personal request. The 45th president of the US has a personal wealth of around USD 3 billion. President Jokowi's salary is only higher than that of PRC President Xi Jinping, who is paid USD 20,500 or Rp. 283 million per year. University of Indonesia (UI) public policy observer Lina Miftahul Jannah said it is very natural for the President to have a very large income index, so that the income received by people is number one in Indonesia it is very high He explained, as head of state as well as head of government, the duties, responsibilities, and risks of a President are very large. So according to him it is not natural that there are officials who are paid the state budget, the salary is greater than the President. Instead he said it would be dangerous if there were officials Another government whose salary is higher than the President Regarding that, the palace has not been able to comment further on the civil servant salary increase scheme, the President and other state officials Presidential Spokesman Johan Budi Sapto Prabowo said that his party had not received enough information about it.