Perlindungan Hak Kewarganegaraan Berdasarkan Asas Persamaan Derajat Dalam Hal Naturalisasi Para Pemain Sepakbola Indonesia Berdasarkan Undang-undang No. 12 Tahun 2006 Tentang Kewarganegaran

Naturalization is very intensively carried out by the Indonesian government against sports fighters, such as the National football players who are under the auspices of the PSSI (All Indonesian Football Association) and it does not seem that it will be a long dream for PSSI and a number of foreign players who intend to defend the Indonesian national team. The reason is that in the midst of the complexity and length of the process of citizenship from a foreign citizen (WNA) to an Indonesian citizen (WNI), there is still article 20 in the 2006 Citizenship Law that allows this to be realized and for (foreigners) who wish to move. citizenship. Based on the above background, the problem that will be answered in this first thesis research is about the protection of citizenship rights based on the principle of equal degrees in terms of the naturalization of Indonesian football players and the implications for the practice of naturalization of football players based on the principle of equality. The type of research used in this subject is normative legal research, namely research that emphasizes reference to secondary data obtained from primary legal materials or in the form of written legal norms and this research starts from a qualitative approach seen primarily from the standpoint of constitutional law concerning citizenship. Meanwhile, this research is descriptive in nature, which provides a detailed, systematic and comprehensive description of the object that is the problem in relation to existing legal theories or applicable regulations. Protection of Citizenship Rights based on the Principle of Equality in Naturalization of Indonesian Football Players that Foreign Football Players who have become Indonesian citizens through Naturalization still receive the same protection rights as indigenous Indonesian citizens. Implications for the Naturalization Practices of Football Players Based on the Principle of Equality that the practice of Naturalization in Indonesia is increasing and there are at least 3 impacts resulting from the practice of this Naturalization, namely: on the Football Player, such as guarantees and legal protection from the state and rights constitutional rights, as well as other rights as stipulated in national legislation, as well as regulated in international law, then the impact on State finances, such as an increase in State income from the non-tax State Revenue sector of Rp. 50 million originating from Citizenship / Naturalization Based on the application of foreign citizens, foreigners who wish to become Indonesian citizens must pay Rp. 50,000,000 and in the country that the soccer players go to because of the addition of players to strengthen the national team