Protect Compulsory Money That Fails Hajj, Golkar Legislators Propose The Hajj Fund Protection Guarantee Bill

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JAKARTA - Member of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR from the Golkar faction, Firman Subagyo, proposed a draft law to guarantee the protection of hajj funds to ensure the safety of pilgrims' money. Given, the number of cases of misappropriation and fraud against pilgrims lately.

According to him, the people's money that is spent as a fee for pilgrims is something that must be protected. So he said, it was important to include this element in a draft law.

"In this draft law, I would like to include one norm that public money for the costs of the pilgrims must be protected," Firman told reporters, Thursday, October 13.

One way, continued the Deputy Chairman of Commission IV of the DPR, is the creation of a joint account account or an emergency account.

"How is the protection as I said, in the room there must be an emergency account between the congregation and the organizers. So that when one day it fails (the pilgrimage departs) then the money returns to the owner not to the state," explained Firman. According to him, the government must also guarantee funds from prospective pilgrims who fail to leave. Moreover, the majority of those who fail to perform Hajj are the poor. This follows the existence of pilgrims' money that failed to depart but was handed over to the state. The Central Java electoral district legislator reminded that the state should not take public funds that fail to carry out the pilgrimage, especially from the small people.

"This is a deception of the state. Don't give the money to the state, this is the people, the small people, the poor, now this must be protected," said Firman. "Where is the level of justice, while the ideals of this pilgrim are only heaven, heaven and heaven, maybe this needs to be formulated in the law," he added.