1st Legislator: Revise the KPK law! 2nd Legislator: No way!
Man (talking to KPK chief Abraham Samad): They proposed it themselves now they’re rejecting it, it’s just to build their party’s anti-corruption image right Mr?
Kid: The Republic of Indonesia-Clowns
Jakarta – Workers from the Joint Labour Secretariat (Sekber Buruh) have agreed to hold a national strike on October 3. They are demanding the abolition of outsourcing and contract labour systems, which they insist harms the working class.
Man: Yes! He’s won! Kid: A people’s coalition?
Politician: Not necessarily! (monitor reads ‘political machine’ count)
Legislator: Don’t play favourites (pointing to KPK chief Abraham Samad)
Man: If you open this Pandora’s Box, who’s going to pop out Mr?
Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) board of patrons chairperson Prabowo Subianto give a public lecture today at the Diponegoro University (Undip) in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang.
Angling Adhitya Purbaya, Semarang – A number of students could be seen Tuesday standing at the traffic circle in front of the Prof. Soedarto building at the Diponegoro University (Undip) in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang, awaiting the arrival of Prabowo Subianto who is to give a public lecture at the university.
...Officials shouldn’t have dual loyalties
Muqoddas: Please, set an example Mr!
Man: The king is willing to give up his party, yeah right!
Man: Now that it’s all over, how come it’s just being abandoned?
Youth & Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng: It’s a National Sports Project isn’t it.
Puppets: Violence... horizontal clashes!
Man: Disregarding a phenomena that keeps repeating itself... that’s a failed republic
Kid: No it’s not Dad... it’s a prosperous republic postponed!
Afriza Hanifa, Semarang – Scores of Papuan protesters from Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) held an action in front of the East Java regional police headquarters in the provincial capital of Semarang on Thursday August 30.
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: The national motto, Unity in Diversity
1st Man: The law must be enforced firmly and fairly...
2nd Man: Yeah, give an example
Carpet reads: Remissions
Man: It’s not favouritism, or is it favouritism, or favouring the rich, or good conduct?
Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – Speaking at a press conference in Jakarta, Papua National Solidarity (NAPAS) coordinator Martheen Goo called for the Panai district police chief and district military commander to be removed from their posts.
Ezra Sihite/Wisnu Cipto – Mass organisations (Ormas) that are part of the Pancasila Front are ready to oppose any follow up on the recommendations by the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) on the 1965 killings.
Agus Rahmat, Jakarta – One of the Golkar Party’s mass organisations, Kosgoro 1975 (Mutual Assistance Cooperative) is opposing the recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) that the government apologise to the families of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).
Surabaya (CARE) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s speech on August 16 took up several issues related to West Papua, including that it is not easy to solve the Papuan problem, that it needs measures that are specific, basic and comprehensive, that we have to integrate these measures to accelerate development in Papua.
Yatna Pelangi – Marking Indonesia’s 67th anniversary of independence, members of the transsexual, gay and lesbian community held an Independence Day commemoration in Ndalem Notoprajan in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta.
Vitalis Yogi Trisna, Jakarta – Coinciding with the commemoration of 50 years since the New York Agreement, Papuan National Solidarity (NAPAS) held a protest action in front of the United States Embassy in the Gambir area of Central Jakarta on Wednesday August 15.
Aditya Revianur, Jakarta – The Nahdlatul Ulama’s Central Board (PBNU) with the support of retired army officers and mass organisations is strongly opposed any form of apology by the government or the Indonesian president for the 1965-1966 tragedy.
