Isa sa target na mapagtibay ng House Committee of Muslim Affairs ang panukala na isapribado ng Hajj.
Ayon kay Lanao del Norte Representative Khalid Dimaporo, kada taon na may bagong Hajj ay may lumilitaw din na panibagong problema hinggil dito.
Katunayan sa pagdinig ng Committee on Public Accounts, sinabi umano ng National Commission on Muslim Filipinos na baka hindi magkaroon ng Hajj 2024.
Kaya tatrabahuhin aniya nila ang panukala na inihain nina Basilan Representative Mujiv Hataman at Lanao del Norte Representative Sittie Aminah Dimaporo na isapribado na ang paghahanda para sa Hajj.
“…Every year may bagong Hajj, every after Hajj may bagong investigation when it comes to 19th Congress. So, we had one for the 2022 Hajj. We had an investigation for the 2023 Hajj. Now we are preparing for the 2024 Hajj. Kanina before this press con, I came from the Committee on Public Accounts and we were informed by the NCMF that there really is a danger that Hajj 2024 might not occur. Because of all of these problems that are happening within the NCMF. On the part of the House, the Committee on Muslim Affairs is proposing a possible solution and that is the bills filed by Representative Mujiv Hataman and Representative Sittie Aminah Dimaporo and that is the privatization of the Hajj,” ani Dimaporo.
Naniniwala si Dimaporo na dapat ay may kalayaan ang Hajj pilgirms na mamili ng kung saan sila mamamalagi at kanilang transportasyon at hindi dapat dinidiktahan ng isang government agency.
Umaasa naman ang mambabatas na maging prayoridad ang panukala at mapagtibay bago ang SONA sa Hulyo.
“Kayo are my Christian Catholic brothers, sisters. If you want to go on a religious pilgrimage to, let’s say, to Israel, to see where Jesus was crucified. Why do you have to go through a government agency? Why does a government agency have to dictate where you will stay and yung hotel mo and transportation mo? Shouldn’t it be freedom of choice. That is the bill that has been filed in the 19th Congress. Hopefully, it will be prioritized and it will pass into third reading before we adjourn, even better before the SONA. But that is one of the things that we hope to accomplish in the Committee of Muslim Affairs, the privatization of the Hajj,” dagdag ng mambabatas. | ulat ni Kathleen Jean Forbes
