Legislature: Ministry of Hajj Momentum Reformation of Hajj and Umrah

Jakarta – Maman Imanulhaq, member of the DPR Commission VIII, is optimistic that the formation of the Hajj and Umrah ministry may improve the pilgrimage services in the future. He asked this new ministry to be tighter to oversee the pilgrimage quota. “This review was born of an extensive evaluation of the challenges of organizing Hajj and Umrah so far. With the establishment of the Hajj and Umrah ministry, the removal of the regional HAJJJJJJ officer (TPHD) for efficiency and transparency, as well as a stricter regulation of the quota and guide to the quality of the quota,” Maman said, (27/8/2025). This PKB legislature also emphasizes the importance of aspects of the protection of pilgrims, including the regulation of Umrah Mandiri, restrictions on guidance costs and a proportional grant from the HAJJ quota. Maman hopes the pilgrimage may be better in the future. Browse to continue with the content “For PKB, Hajj services are not only administrative issues, but also part of the service of the people and the constitutional mandate,” he said. “We want to ensure that every pilgrim, both regular and special Hajj, gets safe, comfortable and dignified services. So that the existence of this new by -law is really an instrument of improvement and reform of the implementation of the pilgrimage and Umrah in Indonesia,” he said. It is known that the DPR has passed the review of the Number 8 of 2019 on the implementation of Hajj and Umrah. This law is the basis for changing the Hajj Organizing Agency (BP) to the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. This approval was taken at the Fourth Plenary Assembly of Parliament for 2025-2026 at the parliamentary complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday (26/8). The ratification of the law switched Hajj and Umrah Affairs, who were in the Ministry of Religion, to the Hajj and Umrah ministry. (WNV/Eva)