Man: A person can also be judged by what they say!
Drunken Republic Cartoons
August 2011
Loudspeaker: Disband the KPK... Forgive corruptors...
1st Man: It’s like they’re not serious about eradicating corruption anymore?
2nd Man: Did you really think they were serious before?
July 2011
From an op-ed piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled “Image Building only Creates Deeper Disenchantment”.
1st Man: Prices keep going up...
2nd Man: Prices shall go down
1st Man: What, just like that? Prices will go down?
2nd Man: I said so in a speech didn’t I?
From an op-ed piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled “A warning for the leader”.
Rhino: I’m no longer a rare animal... lots of officials have faces like me!
1st Man: Do we need a new institution, or a new leader?
2nd Man: Like you don’t know.
Chairs read: This council, that board, this commission, that task force, this commission...
Tokek! To come home. Tokek! Or not come home. Tokek! To come home. Tokek! Or not come home. Tokek! To come home... Tok!
Kid: Maybe he’ll keep it up until two thousand and fourteen (the 2014 elections) Mr.
1st Man: How come it’s not moving? Where’s the driver gone?
2nd Man: He’s busy sending SMSs and trying to find fuel.
1st Man: How long’s it going to be like this huh?
2nd Man: Until the 2014 elections probably.
Kid: Now. The godfather, ready... which one is it Dad?
Hats read: Judicial mafia, tax mafia, election mafia
Iron ball reads: KKN (corruption, collusion, nepotism), poverty, violence, law enforcement...
June 2011
Kid: There’s no need to get disheartened by screwed up surveys like this Mr, lots of people are still applauding you! How bout we just do a hand clap survey?
Kid: Because of poverty our housewives are willing to become slaves and be abused in other countries Dad!
Man: They’re also abused by the Cleptocractic State of the Republic of Indonesia! (a play on the acronym NKRI – Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia)
Man: How come their so quick to defend and protect people who flee the country?
Woman: Birds of a feather flock together!
Man: Corruption is rampant Mr! ... Your seat’s a bit out of whack Mr...
The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency has called on President Yudhoyono to cancel the purchase a $58 million private presidential plane – to be called Indonesian Air Force One – saying the country is already sinking in a mire of foreign debt, which by the first quarter of 2011 had reached $214.5 billion, a $10 billion increase on last yea
Resentment of Singapore’s perceived role as a safe haven for corruption fugitives has resurfaced as the Yudhoyono government scrambles to pursuade disgraced Democrat Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin to return home after fleeing to Singapore.
1st Man: White-collar crime, the judicial mafia, shady conglomerates, or a corruptor?
2nd Man: A robber!
Politicians: Don’t try anything stupid or I’ll spill the beans on your rotten dealings too!
Headline reds: Big cases