Comment: BI governor’s salary under spotlight

Jan. 25, p. 2

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Darmin Nasution officially proposed to the House of Representatives on Monday a 7 percent pay raise for the central bank’s employees and its high ranking officials.
If approved, the pay increase would further widen the gap between the salary of the central bank’s governor, among the highest-paid executives in the country, and that of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who recently said that his salary had not been increased since he was first elected in 2004.
 
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Sri Mulyani is said to be getting around US$500,000 per year (tax free, plus allowances) at the
World Bank.
The World Bank, in setting such high rates, sets up a “magnet” which tends to pull up salaries for high officials in developing countries.
Purwono
Jakarta
Government’s officials should be paid according to or close to the market rate to retain talent.
Azman
Jakarta