Public Complaints, KPK Will Be Investigated By Hajj Quota That Drags Minister Of Religion Yaqut

Illustration of Hajj (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that every public complaint would definitely be investigated. No exception about the hajj quota that dragged the name of the Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and his deputy, Saiful Rahmat Dasuki.

"In principle, if there are reports received by the public complaint department, all administrations, the materials will be reviewed," said KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika to reporters quoted on Friday, August 2.

From this review, continued Tessa, investigations are very likely to be carried out as long as all the criteria are considered complete. But if the researchers assess that incoming reports still require administrative completeness or other documents, of course, they will be asked by the reporting party to complete them," he said.

The review process for each report or public complaint is usually fast. "So that's all I can convey. How is the process of receiving reports in general," said Tessa.

The anti-corruption commission received a number of reports from the public regarding the 2024 Hajj quota dispute. The most recent is the Anti-Corruption Youth Front (FPAK) which reported irregularities in the distribution of additional hajj quotas.

"Today I and my friends came to the KPK to report Gus Yaqut," said FPAK Coordinator Rahman Hakim to reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 1.

In addition, there are also reports from the United UBK Student Activist Movement (GAMBU). They suspect that there is a transfer of the regular hajj quota to a special pilgrimage that smells of rasuah.

The chairman of GAMBU, Arya, assessed that the transfer of the quota violated the provisions of Law Number 8 of 2019 concerning the Implementation of Hajj and Umrah which regulates the special hajj quota should only be nine percent of the total quota of Indonesian pilgrims. "We as the reporter, please call the reported parties," Arya said on Wednesday, July 31.