Follow Jokowi, Schools In Bengkulu Asked Not To Hold Bukber During Ramadan 1444

Head of the Bengkulu Provincial Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion Muhammad Abdu (ANTARA)

BENGKULU - The Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) Bengkulu Province issued Circular (SE) to all schools and the regional Ministry of Religion not to carry out iftar activities together (Bukber) during Ramadan 1444 Hijri. "We urge schools and all offices of the Ministry of Religion in this region not to carry out iftar activities together," said Head of the Bengkulu Provincial Regional Office Muhammad Abdu quoted by ANTARA, Friday, March 24. In addition, his party also hopes that people in Bengkulu Province do not carry out iftar activities together, because it still raises concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia towards a transition period to become endemic, because active cases are still under control. Abdu continued, although his party participated in Ramadan safari activities with Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah, it is certain that jointly open activities in the regions are not carried out together. "For Ramadan safari activities in the regions later we and the Bengkulu Provincial Government will break the fast on the road without any welcoming or breaking together," he said. Previously, the President of the Republic of Indonesia issued a directive so that all state officials do not hold iftar joint iftar events during the holy month of Ramadan 1444 Hijri.

The Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas stated that President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) directives related to the prohibition of breaking the fast together during the month of Ramadan 1444 Hijri were obeyed by government ministers/officials. "Ministers, heads of institutions, agencies, and local governments must obey. However, for the general public there is no prohibition of breaking the fast together," said Anas.