Kid: You’ve also been accused of channelling funds and accepting bribes… how come you’re so calm..?!
Beneath national coat of arms: Rp.
Man: Well the invoice has evaporated hasn’t it!
Kid: You’ve also been accused of channelling funds and accepting bribes… how come you’re so calm..?!
Beneath national coat of arms: Rp.
Man: Well the invoice has evaporated hasn’t it!
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono: I still trust them, maybe...
President Yudhoyono has resisted calls to dismiss cabinet ministers MS Kaban (left) and Paskah Suzetta (right) who have been implicated in a 2003 corruption scandal.
Background: Parliament building
Kid: The face [word building crossed out] of our people’s representatives…!
Kid: …Becoming a leader is a heavy response-ability remember Mr! (placard reads Basic Commodities Party).
Man: Yeah… “Just responding to the call-ability! …
...Eh, ‘why be frightened!’ (a play on a famous quip by Abdurrahman ‘Gus Dur’ Wahid – ‘why let it trouble you’)
Politician: Eradicate corruption!
Man: But it’s not campaign time yet is it Mr?
Politician: ...What’s wrong with former officials making a party and nominating themselves?…
Badge: Omm Pasikom President 2009
Kid: …Money from the past to buy votes, think it’ll sell Mr?...
Man: How come school fees keep going up?
Politician: Ah, that’s the trend a at the moment, right, everything’s going up… (name tag reads candidate)
Politician: …I also want to be on top again… (name tag reads candidate)
Politician: ...Promises?... No way! Now’s not when promises are kept! Get it!!
Badge: Vote for me
Woman symbolizing justice: ...Buying and selling legal cases: The price is negotiable!
Background: Parliament house.
Artalyta Suryani: ...Buying and selling self-respect: The bribe is negotiable!
Sign on electric chair: For corruptors
Rat: Don’t worry okay, the power’s a total mess...
Men: Long live elections for regional heads!! Long live democracy!!
Man: …Now we’re free to join any party we want including… the Golput Party!!
Golput – Meaning to abstain from voting or not marking the ballot paper.
Ballot box: Promises, promises, promises, promises, promises
Dummy: …Dual positions! A conflict of interest? No way!!
Man: For the sake of the party… for the sake of KKN… for the sake of… all the more for me!
Sign on desk reads: Corruption Eradication Commission.
Businessperson Artalyta Suryani (left) was later sentenced to five years jail for bribing prosecutor Urip Tri Gunawan (right) to drop an investigation into a Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support Scheme embezzlement case. Gunawan was subsequently sentenced to 20 years.
Television: Euro Cup 2008
Father: Today we’ll just “eat” soccer okay kid...
Vice President Jusuf Kalla: Dual positions? Totally legit...
Men: Got any openings Boss?
Folder reads: Job application.