Last Day Of Payment, 3 Candidates For Hajj Mataram 2022 Haven't Paid Departure Fee

MATARAM - The Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) revealed that out of a total of 401 Mataram City Hajj candidates who departed for the Holy Land this year, 3 of them have not paid off the payment of the cost of organizing the pilgrimage (BPIH).

"If the three hajj candidates do not pay the BPIH by 24.00 WITA, they will automatically be considered resigning," said Head of the Mataram City Ministry of Religion HM Amin in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Province, quoted from Antara, Friday, May 20.

The reason, continued Amin, today, Friday, May 20, is the deadline for paying off the BPIH for the departure for the 2022 season. Meanwhile, until now there is no information on the policy for extending the repayment period from the government.

"So if these three hajj candidates do not pay off their BPIH, they will be replaced by the congregation on the reserve list of 74 people," he said.

However, he continued, the determination of the departure of the congregation who was in the reserve quota was determined by the Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion of NTB, according to the portion number.

Likewise for the replacement of other portion numbers that are not filled for several reasons. The reason, said Amin, of the 401 Hajj candidates who entered the 2022 departure quota, three died and five resigned for various reasons.

"So we cannot determine for ourselves who the reserve congregation is entitled to replace the resigned congregation by not paying off the BPIH," he said.

The amount of BPIH for Hajj pilgrims in 2022 for Lombok Embarkation is set at around IDR 41 million. This number is up from the 2020 BPIH of around Rp. 38 million.