Drunken Republic Cartoons

July 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – July 16, 2011

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.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 16, 2011

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.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 13, 2011

Kid: Now. The godfather, ready... which one is it Dad?

Hats read: Judicial mafia, tax mafia, election mafia

Indonesia
Kompas – July 6, 2011

Politician: Say no to corruption!

Indonesia
Kompas – July 1, 2011

Iron ball reads: KKN (corruption, collusion, nepotism), poverty, violence, law enforcement...

June 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – June 30, 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?

Indonesia
Kompas – June 25, 2011

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)

Indonesia
Kompas – June 18, 2011

Man: How come their so quick to defend and protect people who flee the country?

Woman: Birds of a feather flock together!

Indonesia
Kompas – June 15, 2011

Man: Corruption is rampant Mr! ... Your seat’s a bit out of whack Mr...

Indonesia
Kompas – June 14, 2011

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

Indonesia
Kompas – June 11, 2011

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.

Indonesia
Kompas – June 8, 2011

1st Man: White-collar crime, the judicial mafia, shady conglomerates, or a corruptor?

2nd Man: A robber!

Indonesia
Kompas – June 4, 2011

Politicians: Don’t try anything stupid or I’ll spill the beans on your rotten dealings too!

Headline reds: Big cases

May 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – May 22, 2011

Man: The only thing left is foreign fish (ikan – fish, asin – salty, asin(g) – foreign)

Indonesia
Kompas – May 21, 2011

Yet another round of political squabbling has broken out within the government’s ruling coalition – this time over Golkar Party politician Nurdin Halid’s leadership of the beleaguered Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) – which is being used as a political football by President Yudhoyono’s Democrat Party to weaken Golkar’s hold over the PSS

Indonesia
Kompas – May 14, 2011

Kid: Yogya gudeg (a traditional Yogyakarta dish) is delicious Mr... how come you’re rummaging about in it again!

Man: They’re just creating new problems for themselves...

Indonesia
Kompas – May 11, 2011

1st Man: Is it being intentionally forgotten or just ignored?

2nd Man: Or being allowed to happen instead?

Indonesia
Kompas – May 4, 2011

Man: Give us an example of model behaviour Mr...

Politician: There’s that example of corruption, collusion and nepotism.

April 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – April 27, 2011

A sound mind in a corrupt body – a play on the famous Latin quotation mens sana in corpore sano (a sound mind in a healthy body).

T-shirt reads: Preparations for the 26th Southeast Asian Games

Indonesia
Kompas – April 16, 2011

Leaves read: Bank Century scandal, corruption, new parliamentary building, human rights, XYZ mafia.