Citizenship bill discussed

JAKARTA: A plenary meeting of the House of Representatives agreed on Friday to further deliberate a bill on the revision of the Citizenship Law.

The bill was drafted by the House's Legislation Body (Baleg) to revise Law No. 62/1958 on citizenship, which legislators say is outdated.

Under the bill, foreigners can obtain Indonesian citizenship after living for at least 15 years in the country consecutively or for 20 years accumulatively.

The prevail law requires foreigners to live here for five years consecutively or 10 years accumulatively to be eligible for citizenship. - JP