Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Wants Santri To Get Exemptions For Lebaran Homecoming

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin hopes that the students will get an exemption to be able to go home on Lebaran 2021 holiday. In fact, the government previously decided to prohibit human movement to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 cases.

Wapres spokesman Masduki Baidlwoi said that the Vice President's wish could be expressed by asking the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board to send a letter to President Joko Widodo or Vice President Ma'ruf Amin.

"In certain matters, if deemed necessary, the Vice President asked the NU Executive Board to make a letter specifically to the President or Vice President or National Dirlantas so that there would be dispensation," Masduki said as quoted by Antara, Friday, April 23.

Masduki said it was important so that the students could go home to meet their parents after taking boarding education at the Islamic boarding school.

"The vice president asked that there be dispensation for students to return to their respective homes without being subject to strict rules regarding the ban on going home, which is related to the current pandemic context," he added.

The dispensation is necessary because the students who are currently studying in boarding school generally come from outside the Islamic boarding school area.

Masduki gave an example of the East Java Provincial Government's policy of allowing santri in the regional pesantren to go home to their respective areas of origin.

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa previously appealed to all boarding school caregivers in the province not to make it difficult to provide cover letters for their students going home.

Meanwhile, the tightening of the movement of domestic travelers (PPDN) was enforced through Task Force Circular Letter Number 13 of 2021 for the period of 6-17 May, with an addendum to eliminating homecoming on 22 April-5 May and 18 May-24 May.