REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian government has decided to abolish the long holiday for the Idul Fitri 1442 Hijriah/2021 homecoming (mudik) trip. This policy was carried out so that the Covid-19 Vaccination Program could run optimally.

"In accordance with the direction of the President Joko Widodo and the coordination meeting of the relevant Ministers on March 23, 2021 at the Office of the Coordinating Ministry for PMK and the results of consultations with the President, it was determined that this year homecoming would be eliminated," said Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture of Indonesia (Menko PMK), Muhadjir Effendy. 

The decree will take effect from 6 to 17 May 2021 for all people, including the state civil apparatus (ASN), TNI-Polri, private employees and independent workers.

With the elimination of homecoming holidays, Muhadjir exepects the National Vaccination Program can be as expected.

A number of considerations for going home were eliminated, including the contribution of the long holiday policy to the relatively high number of infections and deaths of the community and health workers due to Covid-19.

This decision is also in line with the government's policy of implementing Large-Scale Social Restrictions, Enforcing Restrictions on Micro Community Activities (PPKM), strengthening health protocols to vaccination.

"There is still a day of leave with Eid al-Fitr but there is no homecoming activity," he said.

The meeting was attended by a number of representatives from related ministries, including the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Religion, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, TNI-Polri and the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

Homecoming is a tradition of Muslims in Indonesia on every major religious day, especially Idul Fitri. The corona virus pandemic has resulted in the imposition of restrictions on human activities, especially during long holidays.

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