Press The 2023 Hajj Fee, The PKS Legislator Proposes The Pangkas For Aviation Fee And Explore Katering

This year, the quota of Indonesian pilgrims returns to the pre-pandemic period, 221,000 pilgrims. (Between/Abriawan Abhe)

Member of Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Bukhori Yusuf, proposed to the Ministry of Religion and other relevant stakeholders to reduce flight costs to reduce the cost of Hajj in 2023 which reached IDR 69.1 million per congregation. He also suggested that there be a cut in catering costs with an estimated stay of 50 days to 36 days of eating. If necessary, cut the duration of the hajj from 40 days to 30 days so that there is no waste during pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. “The Ministry of Religion does not need to look for zoning hotels that are close to places of worship. Because this zoning hotel charges an additional fee of 30 percent, said Bukhori in his statement, Friday, January 27. This PKS politician also suggested that the congregation's delivery cellawat bus could take advantage of the hotel's property so that it did not need to rent it yourself. “ kemudian mencut komponen asuransi yang double. Sebab ada asuransi kesehatan serta asuransi jiwa dan kecelakaan,” kata Bukhori. Previously, a member of the Working Committee (Panja) Commission VIII of the DPR from the Golkar faction, John Kennedy Azis, requested that the cost of flight round-trip from Saudi Arabia be no more than IDR 27 million per congregation. This proposal is to reduce the cost of the hajj component so that this year's pilgrims do not have to pay up to IDR 69 million per person. This was said by John Kennedy in a hearing (RDP) regarding BPIH 1444H/2023M with the Director General of Hajj and Umrah at the Ministry of Religion of the Republic of Indonesia, Director General of Civil Aviation and Land of the Ministry of Transportation, President Director of PT Angkasa Pura I and II, PT Pertamina, and PT AirNav Indonesia, as well as the head of the Ministry of Health's Hajj Health Center, as well as the head of BPKH at the Parliament Complex, Thursday, January 26. "Indonesian people, prospective pilgrims are nervous, sir, hopefully anxious, can I go to Mecca, can you hajj this year, Rp44 million he has to add if the central is from Jakarta," said John Kennedy Azis in a meeting. John detailed that the congregation's initial Hajj savings were around Rp. 25 million. However, it has now been proposed by the Ministry of Religion that the cost of Hajj in 2023 is Rp. 69 million per congregation. "In the sense that there is Rp. 44 million which is added from the initial savings. The two of them are approximately Rp. 90 million," he said. "That's why with the presence of gentlemen, the hope of the community is great, let's work together, sir. That the first 3 components of this pilgrimage, the plane, both catering, the third hotel (can be reduced)," he added. According to John Kennedy, the cost of flight components and the embarration of the congregation can still be reduced so that the cost of Hajj is less than Rp. 97 million. So that the congregation does not need to pay up to Rp. 69 million per person from 70 percent of the proposed cost. "Being my question to Garuda and Saudi airlines, we went to the holy land several times, we made sense of looking for cheap ones, even though we were sitting in the DPR, we were looking for cheap ones, the hotel was okay with you, but the plane went up, sir, once the DPR's Nasih, don't think there was a lot of money. If we count, Pak bought (tweets) the PP plane was only Rp. 27 million. My trade science is simple, if we buy a lot, it's usually cheaper. I think 103 thousand people get discounts, not getting discounts but the price soars up to 33libu (dollars) for that, ladies and gentlemen with all our respect, please help us. I believe we have an interest in all of this, maybe brothers and sisters, IDR 44 million is more or less than an initial deposit of IDR 25 million," he explained. "So I really hope that our target for this Hajj is below Rp. 85 million. This means that BPKH should not expect it, but this component must be lowered. At least flights are below Rp. 27 million," said John Kennedy Azis.