Marc Klok Receives Commission III DPR Permit To Naturalize, PSSI Claims Selective Choosing Players

JAKARTA - Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) approved a request for consideration of granting Indonesian citizenship to four foreign athletes. One of them is Persija Jakarta midfielder, Marc Anthony Klok.

The player born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is one step away from officially becoming an Indonesian citizen (WNI). This will be a sweet ending for Klok, who has struggled to become an Indonesian citizen since he was still in the Makassar PSM uniform, 2019 ago.

The approval from Commission III of the DPR RI was carried out through a virtual meeting on Monday, October 5. The online meeting was also attended by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora).

The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) also attended the meeting. The Chairman of PSSI, Mochammad Iriawan, enthusiastically welcomed the approval from Commission III of the DPR.

PSSI is also happy that Marc Klok is one step closer to becoming an Indonesian citizen. According to Iriawan, this is something positive for PSSI because the player can be called to strengthen the Indonesian national team.

PSSI is not wrong to naturalize Klok. He is a great player with a lot of experience. The player born in 1993 has had the experience of playing in several leagues in Europe.

"Then PSM Makassar and currently playing at Persija Jakarta," said PSSI Ketum.

The former Kapolda Metro Jaya emphasized that his party did not arbitrarily propose players to be naturalized. PSSI does not want to naturalize the origin and capabilities of which are unclear.

Iriawan said that his party would naturalize players who really have good skills, techniques and attitude. Of course, all to strengthen the Indonesian national team so that they can speak a lot in the international arena.

"We do not arbitrarily propose the naturalization process," said Iriawan.