Jakarta – The government and the DPR have agreed to improve the status of the Hajj Implementation Agency (BP) to become the Hajj and Umrah ministry. Later, the Directorate -General of Hajj and Umrah (Phu) organizers are scrapped under the Ministry of Religion (Kemenag). “There will be adjustments automatically. Because the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah will stand alone today. Then the Ministry of Religion must be automatically released. There is no longer the name of the Directorate -General of Phu,” said a member of the House of Representatives Commission VIII, Selly Andriany Gantina, at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday (24/8/2025) said. Browse to continue with content, but for more details, the members of the Panja Hajj and Umrah Bill said the Ministry of PAN-RB would do further coordination with the Ministry of Religion. Will there be a merger in certain directorates or other possibilities? “What we need to note is the human resources and assets in the Ministry of Religion with the Hajj and Umrah Ministry,” he said. “Of course, there must be adjustments, because we know that this agency is a vertical agency means that it must be at the provincial and city district level,” he added. Agreement on the institution of the Hajj and Umrah Ministry previously, Panja Review of the Hajj Act agreed on an article related to the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Affairs. The decision was made at the House of Representatives Commission VIII Panja meeting and the government. The Deputy of the Deputy Government of the Deputy Minister, Bambang Eko Suhariyanto, during a meeting at the House of Representatives Commission VIII, the parliamentary complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday (22/8), said there was an additional Section 21-23 related to the Ministry in charge of Hajj and Umrah. “We add it now, we will change it again (from the front) that, for example, in accordance with the Ministry of the State Ministry, it will reach the Ministry of Religion, the Hajj is actually under the Ministry of Religion,” Eko said. Eko read the list of problems (DIM) related to the Minister and the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah matters. The following sounds: The minister is the minister who organizes the sub -finishes of the Hajj and Umrah government, which is the extent of government affairs in the field of religion. “His sub-branches, then (article) 23, the ministry is the ministry who organizes the subject of the Hajj and Umrah management, which is the scope of government affairs in the field of religion, it is approximately the addition,” he continued. In this meeting, the chairman of the House of Representatives Commission VIII, including the chairman of the Panja Hajj Singgih Bill in Singratmoko, approved the addition of the article. “We agree, sir, continue (article) 23 one rhythm,” he said. (IAL/AZH)
BP Hajj becomes a ministry, the Directorate General of Phu of the Ministry of Religion will be deleted
