Haji 2015 Belum Ditetapkan Ongkosnya, Terkendala Data Harga Pemondokan

Indonesian Govt Has Not Set the Cost of Pilgrimage to Mecca in 2015

Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Haji 2015 Belum Ditetapkan Ongkosnya, Terkendala Data Harga Pemondokan
Kiri ke kanan: Wakil Menkeu, Mardiasmo; Menteri Agama, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin; Menko Pembangunan Manusia dan Kebudayaan, Puan Maharani dan Menkes Nila Djuwita F Moeloek (Foto: B2B/Mya)

Jakarta (B2B) - Pemerintah RI belum menetapkan biaya ongkos naik haji tahun 2015, dan baru menetapkan besaran Biaya Penyelenggaraan Ibadah Haji (BPIH) setelah membahas dengan DPR.

Menteri Agama RI Lukman Hakim Saifuddin mengatakan Kementerian Agama RI telah membentuk tim survei harga untuk menetapkan komponen BPIH, salah satunya menetapkan biaya pemondokan yang harus berpatokan pada harga pasar.

"Dengan cara begitu diharapkan dapat mengantisipasi potensi korupsi. Kami berharap betul dalam masa sidang awal usai reses sudah bisa diagendakan untuk pembahasan anggaran,” kata Lukman Hakim dalam Rapat Koordinasi Penyelenggaraan Ibadah Haji 2015 di kantor Kementerian Koordinator PMK di Jakarta, Kamis.

Menko Pembangunan Manusia dan Kebudayaan (PMK), Puan Maharani yang memimpin rakor mengatakan rakor sengaja dipercepat agar setiap kementerian yang terlibat dalam penyelenggaraan ibadah haji dapat bekerja sejak dini untuk mempersiapkan momen tahunan tersebut.

"Kuota yang diberikan pemerintah Arab Saudi sudah dikurangi 20 persen karena mempertimbangkan daya tampung Masjidil Haram yang masih menjalani renovasi seperti dikatakan menteri agama tadi," kata Puan Maharani.

Dengan begitu, kata Puan, kuota jamaah haji Indonesia 2015 dipastikan tak bertambah dibandingkan tahun sebelumnya. Kuota haji tetap sebanyak 168.800 orang.

Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian government has not set the cost of the pilgrimage to Mecca in 2015, because it should discussed and approved by the House of Representatives, said a senior minister of human development and the cultural.

Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said his ministry formed a survey team to define component costs, including the cost of accommodation at the market price.

"The way it is expected to prevent corruption. We hope the House can be scheduled a the preliminary hearing of the budget discussion," Saifuddin said in the 2015 pilgrimage coordination meeting at the office of the Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture on Thursday.

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, Puan Maharani who chaired the meeting said the inter-ministerial meeting accelerated, the goal for the relevant ministries to work early to prepare for the annual event.

"The quota of the government of Saudi Arabia has been reduced 20 percent, considering the capacity of the Grand Mosque which is still undergoing renovation as stated by the minister of religion," Maharani said.

Hence, Maharani said, 2015 quota of Indonesian pilgrims certainly remain the same as in 2014, 168,800 prospective pilgrims.