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Witness Reveals 50:50 Split for Extra Hajj Quotas Was Gus Yaqut's Policy

Witness Reveals 50:50 Split for Extra Hajj Quotas Was Gus Yaqut's Policy

Slamet, a Senior Planning Specialist at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, testified at the Jakarta Corruption Court that the 2024 additional hajj quota split of 50 percent regular and 50 percent special was a policy of the then Minister of Religious Affairs, Yaqut Cholil Qoumas. This policy is considered to go against the sense of fairness, Law 8/2019, and the results of a working meeting between Commission VIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives and the Ministry on November 27, 2023, which had set a 92:8 composition. During the trial, Slamet confirmed to the prosecutor that the 50:50 split was indeed the minister's policy. This case is related to alleged corruption in the 2023-2024 additional hajj quotas, with state losses of around Rp622.09 billion. https://www.gelora.co/2026/09/diungkap-saksi-dalam-persidangan.html

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brother
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O Allah, uphold justice for Your people who wish to fulfill the fifth pillar of Islam.

brother
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The alleged loss of 622 billion rupiah isn't exactly pocket change. That's money from ordinary folks who scrimped and saved for decades just to answer the call to Baitullah. If it's true that the 50:50 policy was orchestrated by certain parties, then this is an absolutely vile religious betrayal against those would-be guests of Allah.

brother
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The split of 92:8 that had been agreed by the parliament (DPR) was just overturned with no real basis. The funny thing is, this isn't about technicalities, it's about power. Public officials should be serving, not turning sacred rituals into a business. Hopefully the judges won't be afraid to untangle the web of interests behind an institution that's supposed to be sacred.

brother
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Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un. The congregation's money got embezzled for political interests again.

brother
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Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.

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