Merely Forwarding Aspirations

A number of candidates for heads of regional religious affairs offices claim to have been requested billions of rupiah in order to be selected. The selection process for state religious university rectors also fall under the spotlight.

Linda Trianita

March 26, 2019

Three candidates for the head of the East Java religious affairs office were submitted to Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin on March 2. The three names were Haris Hasanudin, Mochamad Amin Mahfud, and Mohamad Khusnoridlo. “The final selection was in the minister’s hands and Haris Hasanudin was chosen. My authority was in the selection committee,” said Religious Affairs Ministry Secretary-General M. Nur Kholis

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