Sandy Walsh and Jordi Amat, candidates for the Indonesian national team. Photo: PSSI
INDOSPORT.COM – The process of naturalization of two lineage players, Jordi Amat and Sandy Walsh will soon be completed. Both have received approval from Commission III of the DPR RI, Monday (29/08/22).
After getting approval from the DPR, Jordi Amat and Sandy Walsh’s files will be returned to the State Secretariat and the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, will issue a Presidential Decree (Presidential Decree). Finally, players will be sworn in as Indonesian citizens.
However, before that, PSSI still has a meeting with Commission X for a hearing at the beginning of next month. Because Commission X is in charge of sports.
After the clarity of the status of Jordi Amat and Sandy Walsh, PSSI is still trying to get the DPR to discuss the fate of another player, Shayne Pattynama as soon as possible.
Shayne Pattynama’s file is currently being processed by the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg). PSSI seeks to make the status of the 24-year-old player able to be discussed in the DPR next month.
“PSSI wants to increase the FIFA rankings, so we ask that both (Jordi and Sandy) be approved to join. Then we also report that there is still one name, namely Shayne, whose documents are still in the State Secretariat because the process is late,” said PSSI general chairman Mochamad Iriawan.
