Drunken Republic Cartoons

August 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – August 6, 2011

Man: A person can also be judged by what they say!

Indonesia
Kompas – August 3, 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

Indonesia
Kompas – July 30, 2011

From an op-ed piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled “Image Building only Creates Deeper Disenchantment”.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 27, 2011

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?

Indonesia
Kompas – July 25, 2011

From an op-ed piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled “A warning for the leader”.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 23, 2011

Rhino: I’m no longer a rare animal... lots of officials have faces like me!

Indonesia
Kompas – July 20, 2011

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...

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