President Yudhoyono: Save the MK

Kid: That’s all very well but when will we be saved Dad?

The only real surprise about Constitutional Court (MK) chief justice Akil Mochtar’s arrest on corruption charges is the political amnesia of those who have joined the chorus of condemnation against him: former MK chiefs who paved the way for graft in the court by curtailing the Judicial Commission’s oversight powers, lawmakers who extend Akil’s

The arrest of Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi) chief justice Akil Mochtar on corruption charges has been described as a ‘national disgrace’ and highlighted the fact that corruption had infiltrated all levels of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government.

Man: A comic farce! Meanwhile our legal system remains a tragedy!

Hidayat: Cheap cars! What’s wrong with the little people driving cars?

Kid: Ordinary people driving cars is a sign of prosperity right Dad?

Man: What’s wrong with the little people cycling... as long as they don’t eat dry left over rice and tempeh made from peanut residue anymore!

Man: It seems that money is more agung (grand, exalted, high, noble). Chair reads Hakim Agung (Supreme Court justice), step reads selection.

Kid: For the convention test: Tempeh made from peanut and soybean residue... they’re fond of that right Mr?

Man: Cheap cars? Relax... our roads are still free and easy

Man: They’re two terrorists Mr... the first kills millions of ordinary people slowly... the other kills in an instant...

Kid: It looks like the mad cow disease is spreading Dad?

Man: It’s not mad cow disease, they’re cow-crazy (to become crazy about making money from cows)!