JAKARTA - Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives positively welcomes the reopening of Umrah worship in 2022 by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for prospective pilgrims from Indonesia while still implementing health protocols. . Given that there are still restrictions due to COVID-19.
"It looks like (the hajj quota, ed) will not be 100 percent, because at the Grand Mosque, the population of people who enter is also calculated," Yandri Susanto told reporters, Wednesday, December 1.
The restrictions, said Yandri, are part of the health protocols prepared by Saudi Arabia. Like the limitation of bedroom capacity, previously one room could accommodate four people, but now it is limited to two people. In addition, the public transport buses. Yandri said that the bus capacity is required to load 50 percent of the congregation's full capacity.
"That's probably what I caught from the Saudi government's preparations for 2022, ascertaining how many people can actually be invited from outside the Arab world, including Indonesia," said the Deputy General Chair of PAN.
Yandri also hopes that with all these restrictions, Indonesia can get a quota for the departure of pilgrims to break up the queues that are piling up. Because, it has been closed for two years due to the pandemic.
"For example, up to 30 percent of our quota, that's great. It means that around 60 thousand are running, it's great," said Yandri.
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