153 Prospective Riau Jemaah Candidates Are Canceled To Departe Hajj Cash

A total of 153 prospective Riau Hajj pilgrims canceled their pilgrimage in 2023/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The central government through the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) has sent data on the names of pilgrims from the Riau Province who will depart during the Hajj season in 2023. From this data, there are 153 prospective pilgrims who canceled their departure with various of them having died but have not been transferred to a replacement, not 10 years ago they have worked on the pilgrimage and permanent illness. "Congregants of Hajj candidates from Riau Province who will depart in the Hajj season in 2023 reach 5,008 people," said Head of the Hajj Division of the Riau Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion Syahrudin in his statement in Pekanbaru, Antara, Tuesday, February 7. The district city Ministry of Religion Regional Office is currently verifying the names of the Riau pilgrims according to the determination of the central government. If the validation process has been completed, he said, and it turns out that there are pilgrims who cannot leave in 2023, they will replace the pilgrims with the following portion numbers. Meanwhile, the plan to depart the Riau Hajj pilgrims in May 2023 is based on the latest information regarding the quota for pilgrims for Riau during the 2023 Hajj season, which is 5,030 pilgrims or the same as the normal quota in the 2019 Hajj season before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Religion has entered into an agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia regarding Indonesia's hajj quota. "Alhamdulillah, in the 2023 Hajj season, Riau will get a normal quota. As the quota during the 2019 Hajj season before the COVID-19 pandemic," he said. Meanwhile, the stages that must be carried out by the Hajj pilgrims are the meningitis vaccine, health checks. Then proceed with regular Hajj rituals eight times at the KUA level and twice at the district/city level. Until later we wait for the scheduled departure to the holy land of Mecca. "It is estimated that the departure schedule will advance from the previous, around 11 days. If the first departure in 2019 in the first batch on June 3, it is estimated that May 23 or 24, 2023 will start departing," he said.