Friday Morning, Manag Yaqut Faced Jokowi In The Middle Of The Issue Of The Hajj Special Committee

Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas met President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Friday, July 19 morning, amid the issue of Hajj supervision by the DPR RI Hajj Special Committee.

"I report all work at the Ministry of Religion, there are many tasks," said the Minister of Religion in an interview while then after meeting President Jokowi in Jakarta.

The Minister of Religion was reluctant to specify what tasks he reported to President Jokowi.

He repeatedly emphasized that he only provided routine reports. "I report regularly. Routine reports to the President regarding the implementation of tasks at the Ministry of Religion, all of them. I report all my duties at the Ministry of Religion to the President, that's all," he explained.

Regarding the President's response to the report given, the Minister of Religion said, "allah", while entering his official vehicle.

The Minister of Religion closed the door of the vehicle when journalists asked for their response to the alleged corruption in the allocation of additional quotas for Hajj at the Ministry of Religion.

Previously, member of the Special Committee for the Supervision of the DPR RI Hajj, Luluk Nur Hamidah, said that his party found indications of corruption in organizing the hajj related to the transfer of the regular hajj quota to special hajj.

"Not only are there indications of violations of the law, but we also smell indications of corruption in the transfer of regular hajj quotas to special Hajj," Luluk said some time ago.

The Director General of Hajj and Umrah at the Ministry of Religion, Hilman Latief, asked the DPR's Hajj Special Committee to prove corruption allegations addressed to the Ministry of Religion regarding the transfer of the regular hajj quota to special Hajj.

"Just prove it," said Hilman Latief some time ago.