Nusron Wahid's denial of Gus Yahya's position at PBNU about the DPR's Hajj Special Committee

Deputy Secretary General of the Nahdatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board, Suleman Tanjung. (ANTARA/HO-PBNU)

JAKARTA - Deputy Secretary General (Wasekjen) of the Nahdatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) Suleman Tanjung regretted the statement by members of the Special Committee for Hajj Angkat DPR RI Nusron Wahid who denied the statement by the General Chairperson of PBNU Yahya Cholil Staquf alias Gus Yahya regarding the Hajj Special Committee.

"Mr. Nusron is still listed as the Chair of the PBNU LPP (Agricultural Development Agency). It is not very good to reveal such a statement," Suleman said in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday, July 29, as quoted by Antara.

Nusron's statement, said Suleman, actually became a question for the PBNU elite.

"Pak Nusron is indeed his former position at PBNU, the deputy chairman, (but) now he is the head of the LPP," he said.

He said that the decline in Nusron's position from the deputy chairman to the chairman of the NU LPP was actually not a problem because it was carried out to enforce organizational regulations.

"Because the position of deputy chairman is not justified if concurrently with political positions," he added.

Furthermore, according to Sulaeman, Yahya Cholil's statement about the Hajj Special Committee only answered reporters during the PBNU plenary press conference.

Gus Yahya also told reporters who asked that the Hajj Special Committee was not PBNU's business.

"However, because journalists continued to insist on asking questions, Gus Yahya then answered normatively that the implementation of the hajj could be seen from the response or survey of the public whether the implementation of the hajj this time was successful or not. In fact, said Gus Yahya, many people think that Hajj this time is better than the previous year. If the special committee continues, Gus Yahya suspects that there are personal problems in it," said Sulaeman.

Previously, Nusron Wahid denied the statement by the General Chairperson of PBNU Yahya Cholil Staquf and ensured that the formation of the Hajj Special Committee was not in the context of personal matters.

He emphasized that the Hajj Questionnaire Special Committee was not a personal decision of the members, but an official decision at the DPR plenary meeting which was approved by the factions.

"I apologize to the General Chairperson of PBNU Gus Yahya Staquf. The DPR does not know personal problems," said Nusron in his statement in Jakarta, Monday, July 29.

On Sunday, July 28, Gus Yahya said that his party was wondering about the 2024 Hajj Ticket Special Committee so that he thought there was no strong reason for its formation.

"We see that nothing can be used as sufficient reasons for this special committee," said Gus Yahya in response to reporters' questions at a press conference after the NU plenary meeting in Jakarta.