DPR Rejects Ministry of Religious Affairs' Proposal to Increase BPIH to Rp105 Million, This is the Ideal Cost

The DPR Rejects the Ministry of Religious Affairs' Proposal Regarding the Increase of BPIH to Rp105 Million, Here's the Ideal Cost.

Dream - The Working Committee for the Cost of Hajj Implementation (Panja BPIH) of Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) rejected the proposal of the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) regarding the cost of hajj implementation (BPIH) for the year 1445 H/2024 M amounting to Rp105 million per pilgrim. Member of Panja BPIH, John Kenedy Azis, considers the increase in BPIH to Rp105 million to be too high. It is known that the BPIH for the 2023 hajj was decided to be Rp90 million.

"\u201cAs we know, the government has proposed a departure cost for Hajj of Rp105 million, which is an increase of around Rp15 million compared to the cost of Hajj travel in 2023,\u201d he said after the BPIH Committee Meeting of Commission VII DPR, quoted from Liputan6.com, Thursday, November 16, 2023. \u201cWe from the BPIH Committee reject what has been proposed,\u201d he added."

DPR Rejects Ministry of Religious Affairs' Proposal to Increase BPIH to Rp105 Million, This is the Ideal Cost

John evaluates, the range of the Estimated Cost of Hajj (BPIH) for pilgrims in 2024 ideally ranges from Rp92 million to Rp95 million. This includes the calculation of the flight expenses for Hajj pilgrims in 2024.

"If previously we have decided that the cost of the Hajj pilgrimage (2023) is Rp90.50 million. If, for example, it is still below Rp95 million or let's say Rp92 million, Rp93 million, I think it is quite tolerable,""

kata John.

John does not deny that there is indeed a change in the nominal value, as a result of the movement of the exchange rate of the Indonesian Rupiah against the US Dollar. However, once again, he wants the increase in BPIH to not be too high.

"Travel expenses for this pilgrimage, if they were to increase, (hopefully) the increase would not be as significant as this. We do not deny that there has been an increase in the exchange rate of the rupiah against the dollar,"

add John.

"Previously, Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas proposed to the DPR in a Working Meeting with Commission VIII in Jakarta, the amount of BPIH 2024 is Rp105 million. Yaqut stated that the proposal will still be discussed by the DPR Working Committee (Panja) to then be agreed upon and determined the cost of hajj in 2024."

"The cycle is indeed the government proposing the cost of Hajj. We propose the BPIH of Rp105 million per pilgrim. This proposal will be used as a discussion material by the Panja to later agree on the cost of Hajj in 2024."

According to Yaqut in Jakarta, Tuesday, 14 November 2023.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "Law Number 8 of 2019 concerning the Organization of Hajj and Umrah regulates that BPIH is an amount of funds used for the operational implementation of the Hajj pilgrimage. Article 44 states that BPIH is sourced from the Hajj Travel Costs (Bipih) that must be paid by prospective Hajj participants, state revenue and expenditure budget, benefit value, efficiency funds, and/or other legitimate sources based on the provisions of the legislation."

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