Marriage Rate Below 19 Years In Banyumas Tinggi, Regent: This Month There Are 20 INCreASes In Pelaminan

Illustration of marriage. (Unsplash-Gema Saputera)

Banyumas Regent Achmad Husein admitted that he was sad because the number of early marriages in the area he led was relatively high. Mainly in the working area of the Purwokerto Religious Court.

"Until this month alone, there have been 20 (early wedding partners). That's what is at the Purwokerto Religious Court, if it's with the Banyumas Religious Court, it might increase again," he said on the sidelines of the sports commemoration of the 452nd Anniversary of Banyumas Regency in Purwokerto, Central Java (Central Java), Friday, February 10, was confiscated by Antara.

Initially, Achmad admitted that he was surprised when he received information that early marriage in Banyumas was relatively high and this was done by children under the age of 19, some even aged 14 years.

Related to this, his party will study the phenomenon of early marriage which is mostly carried out by children in Banyumas because it is very concerning.

"This phenomenon will be discussed later and how to prevent it," said the Regent.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Purwokerto Religious Court, Arinal, said that the children who applied for dispensation for early marriage in the Purwokerto Religious Court area were still in high school and some were still in junior high school. According to him, the average early marriage was carried out because the woman was pregnant before marriage.

"It's because of promiscuity, (introduced) through social media, maybe try (to have sex). Finally, parents who know about it marry them instead of getting pregnant first, but many are pregnant," he explained.

He further said that the number of early marriages handled by the Purwokerto Religious Court in 2022 was around 300 cases. Meanwhile, for the divorce rate, he said, from January to February 2023 there were almost 300 cases. "In 2022, the divorce rate is 3,000, more than 3,000," he said.

On that occasion, Arinal asked about an early marriage case and divorce from an official from the Banyumas Religious Court who also attended the activity at the Satria Sports Hall, and received information that the figure had also increased.