The 2023 Hajj Implementation Needs To Be Evaluated, Commission VIII Of The DPR Proposes Forming A Panja

Deputy Chairman of Commission VIII DPR RI Diah Pitaloka in Bogor City, Sunday 16 July (VOI)

The House of Representatives Commission VIII immediately formed a working committee (Panja) to evaluate the implementation of the 2023 Hajj in order to discuss the technical implementation that needs to be improved in the future in order to provide a sense of comfort that is evenly distributed to all congregants. This was said by Deputy Chairman of Commission VIII DPR RI Diah Pitaloka in Bogor City, Sunday 16 July. He said, the points prepared in the formation of this Panja are in the coordination stage with related parties. "We don't know this, we are still in recess, which is for sure soon this year. The point is that we also want to make a Panja evaluation," he explained. Diah conveyed that the hajj organizing affairs are not only a matter of budget, but the implementation that needs to be monitored and fixed. The proposals that have been included, said Diah, include improvements in the management of Hajj companions that need to be for working time, because in Saudi Arabia we need to work 16 hours with hot weather. According to Diah, the council assesses that the hours of companion of pilgrims need to be coordinated with the Ministry of Religion. The number of hajj officers who are currently less than 4,000 are far from ideals to take care of more than 200 thousand worshipers. "Because the minimum temperature alone is already different, if the person there is task is 16 hours it must alternate, because of heat constraints and others", he said.Diah also said, in addition to human resources, there is also a lot of Hajj facilities for all pilgrims to be public input to the council so that it is appropriate to be noticed and confirmed by the hajj organizers. Hajj organizers are deemed necessary to form a special control division to ensure the quality of the food presented to pilgrims are all guaranteed, the quality of water, hotels and others. Even the preparation of the facilities should have been monitored by the control division before Hajj implementation started. Thus, for example, in the Ministry of the Ministry of Religion there is an LO that conveys to their catering. services, he said. Furthermore, Hajj organizers are also seen as necessary to evaluate the issue of assistance for advanced family members, namely their children or other families who are still much healthier and also register for Hajj to be able to share. So that the implementation of Ha

Based on the experience of organizing this year's Hajj, he explained again, there are parents who depart with their children even though their health is risky and their queues are right below them. "Usually, parents and children queue together, yesterday (the 2023 hajj) there were those who left together who didn't. Quota separation even though the serial numbers go hand in hand. Well, there are many like that, even though that's the quota below," he said.