Man: There’s a natural balance: There is the sky and the earth, there is day and night, those who are poor and those who are rich, and there are things that go up...
Kid: And things that fall!
Man: There’s a natural balance: There is the sky and the earth, there is day and night, those who are poor and those who are rich, and there are things that go up...
Kid: And things that fall!
Man: Ah, you only come to us in the lead up to elections Mr...
Politician: No... I also come for your taxes...
Man: Good idea Mr! Don’t jail or impoverish corruptors... just hang them!
Tomi Sujatmiko, Yogya – Scores of housewives from the Political Union of the FIXX Poor (Persatuan Politik Rakyat Miskin, PPRM) demonstrated against the government’s proposed fuel (BBM) price hikes in front of the Gedung Agung Presidential Palace in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Saturday March 17.
Woman: Why did he ask that it be at Monas?
Man: Because he’s a senior official (pe-tinggi, lit someone high up)
Legislator: It is forbidden to be corrupt, accept bribes, broker projects, play truant, wear mini-skirts!
Jakarta – The proposed banning of mini-skirts in an around the House of Representatives (DPR) was one of the issues taken up in an action commemorating International Women’s Day in front of the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Thursday.
Medan – The commemoration of International Women’s Day on March 8 was enlivened by a demonstration by scores of women in front of the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) in Medan. The protesters said that women are still treated unjustly and subordinated in numerous ways.
Danar Widiyanto, Yogya – The ideals articulated during the momentum of International Women’s Day (IWD), which is commemorated each year on March 8, totally contradict the reality of women’s lives in Indonesia. Indonesian is also one of the few countries where the government fails to protect or provide welfare to women.
Mahfudz Jufri, Palu – Hundreds of people from the National Police Crisis Center for Violence against Women and Children (CC-Kapak) held a protest action commemorating International Women’s Day on Thursday March 8. During the action, they presented a gift of 500 underpants to Central Sulawesi police chief Brigadier General Dewa Parsana.