Member of Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PKS Faction, Hidayat Nur Wahid (HNW) reminded the Minister of Hajj and Umrah to be careful in making policies, such as the "war ticket" discourse that has recently emerged. According to him, all policies must be in accordance with the rules of law so that they do not become cases like the implementation of the previous hajj.
"If we read from the statement of Mr. Wamenhaj, both orally and in writing, he conveyed that the ticket will not interfere with the existing queue, then it will be applied to the addition of the quota for Hajj obtained by Kemenhaj," said HNW at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, April 14.
"The question is, is it immediately so, because our law regulates in detail when there is an increase in quotas, there are rules and it is not very clearly mentioned in the Hajj and Umrah Law," he added.
"This is yesterday's case with the minister in the past period, because of the existing rules on the 92 percent quota distribution, 8 percent was not implemented, so it was a case. The rules are still regulating like this," he said again.
HNW said that even if there would be a discussion about the ticket war with all its problems, it would also be very related to existing legal rules.
"That means we are discussing first whether this legal regulation will be changed or not, and it is definitely not possible now," he said.
According to the Deputy Chairman of the MPR, the discussion of the war ticket for the hajj must be discussed seriously and maturely, especially the legal rules so that the implementation of the 2026 hajj does not have the potential to become a field of corruption.
"That is why there is no urgency to discuss about the war ticket now because there are legal rules that regulate that it is not possible for the war ticket now," said HNW.
Previously, Deputy Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, had just stated that the government would form a task force to eradicate illegal hajj because there is no hajj without a queue.
"On one hand we are promoting No Haji Without Queue, on the other hand the minister is talking about war tickets. This is contradictory and will only confuse the public. I am afraid this will be used by touts to offer a 'fast track' with the lure of the new system," said Dahnil.
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