Mahfud MD Instructs Government Office To Postpone The Implementation Of Halal Bihalal For Eid Until The End Of April

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD (ANTARA)

JAKARATA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD issued instructions as Minister for Empowerment of State Apparatus and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) ad interim so that all government offices postpone the implementation of halal bihalal Eid al-Fitr 1444 Hijri or 2023 AD.

The announcement was issued by Mahfud through an upload on the official Instagram account, @mohmahfudmd, where he instructed the government office to start conducting halal bihalal activities and the like in the second week after Eid al-Fitr.

"All government offices, namely the Office of Ministries/Non-Ministry/BUMN/TNI/Polri, plan Halal Bihalal and the like so that they are postponed until the beginning of the second week after Eid al-Fitr 1444 H," Mahfud wrote in a statement. upload, Monday 24 April.

Mahfud specifically said that the first week after Eid al-Fitr was April 24, 2023 and during that period the government office was instructed not to hold halal bihalal activities and the like.

"In the first week (On April 24-30, 2023) so that there will be no Halal Bihalal events and others (traditions, reunions, and the like) in these places. After that time span, it can only be started," Mahfud wrote again.

Mahfud also stated that he would immediately send an official letter to the government office which includes Ministries/Non-Ministry Ministries, BUMN, TNI, and Polri.