Anies Baswedan Umbar Promises To Lower Hajj Costs If He Wins The Presidential Election

Anies Baswedan (Photo;DOK ANTARA/HO)

Presidential candidate number 1, Anies Baswedan, said he promised to reduce the cost of Hajj when he was elected President of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2024-2029. Meanwhile, currently the government and the DPR have agreed to increase the costs that must be paid by the community to fulfill the hajj in 2024. "Currently we are in talks about it. One is about how to reduce the cost of Hajj," he said while attending Anies' Desak event in Banjarmasin City, Tuesday, December 5. Currently, Anies claims to be formulating a formula for reducing the cost of Hajj with his winning team. This way of reducing the cost of Hajj will be applied when Anies wins the 2024 presidential election. "We are in talks and we hope that this can be completed quickly so that we can reduce the cost of Hajj as other countries do. So that our Hajj costs become equivalent to other countries. We will do that," explained Anies. In addition, the former Governor of DKI Jakarta for the 2017-2022 period also wants to increase the hajj quota. Now, the hajj quota is set at 241,000 pilgrims in 2024. This figure increases from the quota of 221,000 pilgrims in 2023. "Thank you, the government has now increased. We are trying to increase more. Hopefully it can reach 20-30 thousand pilgrims," he explained. The 2024 hajj fee has been officially set by the government and the DPR in a working meeting held at the Parliament Complex, Senayan on Monday, November 27.

The cost of organizing the Hajj (BPIH) in 1445 Hijri is IDR 93.4 million. Of that amount, each Hajj pilgrim is charged IDR 56 million and the rest is borne by the value of the benefits.