The naturalization of Joey Pelupessy, Emil Audero, and Dean James is certain to be completed soon. This follows the results of the DPR RI Plenary Meeting which approved the naturalization of the three players.
The results of the approval of the DPR RI Plenary Meeting are important ahead of the continued match of the 2026 World Cup Qualification on 20 and 25 March 2025.
"We ask for approval from the Plenary Meeting today, can the application for consideration of granting citizenship to the Republic of Indonesia on behalf of Brother Dean Ruben James, Joey Mathijs Pelupessy, and Emil Audero Mulyadi be approved?" asked the Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Adies Kadir, while chairing the meeting, who was then answered to agree simultaneously by members of the House of Representatives at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, March 6, 2025.
Before asking for approval from the 339 members of the council who attended, Adies explained that previously Commission X and Commission XIII of the DPR RI had held a Working Meeting and approved the naturalization of the three soccer players on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
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After being approved at the Plenary Meeting, the next naturalization document will be submitted to the President of the Republic of Indonesia for the issuance of a Presidential Decree (Keppres) as a condition for taking the oath of Indonesian citizens (WNI).
According to Arya Sinulingga, a member of the PSSI Executive Committee, that the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, is scheduled to sign the Presidential Decree on the naturalization of the three players on March 7, 2025.
"We received information that the Presidential Decree will be signed by the President tomorrow (7 March 2025), and then immediately processed and prepared to take the oath of Indonesian citizens which is scheduled to be no later than March 10, 2025," said Arya Sinulingga in a statement from PSSI's official release.
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