Man: Don’t take too long about it Mr...
Drunken Republic Cartoons
November 2009
Man: Of course a crocodile would win a fight against a gecko.
Kid: Right Dad. Especially if it’s helped by a komodo dragon, a dinosaur, and... Godzilla!
Student: In times such as this Sir, do you really think we still have any champions? Now our corruptors, they have lots!
Man: Wow. There’s another KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission): The Corruptor Defenders Conspiracy!
The November 3 live broadcast of a voice recording by the Constitutional Court in which business tycoon Anggodo Widjojo (pictured top right) is heard plotting with officials from the police and the Attorney General’s Office to frame two Corruption Eradication Commission deputies, only confirmed what most Indonesian’s already knew – that justice
October 2009
Man: Hey Mr Minister... with the wage increases and generous facilities can you still see us clearly from behind the smoked glass windows?
One pot, the pot of Indonesia – A play on the October 28, 1928 Youth Pledge: One state, one nation and one language – Indonesia.
Carpet reads: Corruption, poverty, judicial mafia, bribery, education, healthcare, unemployment, migrant workers, natural disasters, Lapindo, human rights, Bank Century.
Boxes read ‘Bureaucratic reform’, ‘Law enforcement and human Rights, ‘Corruption’.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s inaugural speech on Tuesday triggered a round of criticism from experts and civil society groups with most highlighting the needs for him to realise his promises.
Women: Quiet. He’s waiting for a call on the results of his prosperity test as minister for humor and jokes in the republic of dreams!
Left: Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari holding Health Law.
1st man: How come no political party disaster relief coordination posts have appeared?
2nd man: Wait for the 2014 elections.
Thousands of families are still homeless in Padang, West Sumatra, two weeks after a 7.9-magnitude quake hit the province.
Man: So they’re staying in five star hotels? Don’t be disheartened, we live in a hotel of a million stars!
Newspaper headline: Inauguration of 2009-2014 House of Representative members.
September 2009
Documents read: Law enforcement, human rights, eradicate corruption.
Background: House of Representatives building.
The new batch of legislators will literally be given the red-carpet treatment when they arrive for their official inauguration on October 1, which will reportedly cost the tax payers a whopping US$4.7 million.
Legislators: Regulation in lieu of law no, yes! Corruption Eradication Commission no, yes! no!
Man (bottom right): The last laugh.
Writing on dog: KPK, Perppu
Papers read: Bank Century case, Criminal Investigation Bureau
Man: I forget, forget, forget the lyrics again... I just remember, remember, remember the title... (adapted from Forget Forget Remember by the Grave Band)
Arm bands: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), National Police, AGO, House of Representatives.
Kid: Well, which one is corrupt?
Man: Ah come one, don’t feign ignorance!
Farewell Jakarta... (for a while anyway)
This year’s “mudik madness” saw 27 million people join the annual exodus from major cities and towns across the country to celebrate the Lebaran holidays marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.