MOHAMMAD Mahfud Md. knew full well the unease of the elderly public figures in the Pancasila Ideology Education Agency (BPIP) Steering Committee. Its nine members include the Chair of the Indonesian Ulama Council Ma'ruf Amin, former Muhammadiyah Chair Syafii Maarif, and former vice president Try Sutrisno. The reason for their discomfort: the size of their salaries, ranging from Rp100 to 112 million, was revealed to, and then criticized by, the pub