Drunken Republic Cartoons 2009

July 2009

Indonesia
Kompas – July 29, 2009

1st Man: Free schooling for all...

2nd Man: Free? Isn’t it getting more expensive?

1st Man: What’s free is the children, the parents still have to pay.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 25, 2009

Waiter: Barbequed swine flu a la terrorism...

Indonesia
Kompas – July 22, 2009

1st Man: It’s time for us to unite to fight against terrorism!

2nd Man: And not short-lived enthusiasm.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 18, 2009

Kid: Dad! There been another mud outflow in Sidoarjo.

Man: Yeah I’m thinking bout it (Quick count, recapitulation, election commission, electoral roll)

Indonesia
Kompas – July 15, 2009

1st Man: Don’t play with coins, remember you could get punished!

2nd Man: It might be a good idea for the law to learn from the coin.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 11, 2009

Man speaking to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (with quick count election results in pocket) and Boediono: Congratulations! We have big hopes in you. Hopefully we won’t have to live in rubbish and breath mud anymore, and their won’t be any more Siti Hajar’s (an abused migrant worker) being humiliated by other countries...

Indonesia
Kompas – July 8, 2009

1st Man: Yes! Finally an ID can be used to vote. Now we won’t loose our right to vote again...

2nd Man: But an ID’s expensive...

Indonesia
Kompas – July 4, 2009

Man: Soy sauce doesn’t taste good? Where you going to get soy sauce with pure first rate soy beans these days... there all mixed with (kanji) starch... Eh, (janji) promises!

Indonesia
Kompas – July 1, 2009

Clockwise from top: (Vice presidential candidates) Prabowo Subianto, Boediono, Wiranto, (presidential candidates) Jusuf Kalla, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Buskers: Forget, forget, forget, don’t forget your promises. Remember, remember, remember, don’t just think about seats.

June 2009

Indonesia
Kompas – June 27, 2009

From left: Yudhoyono, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Jusuf Kalla.

Kid: It’s a festival of democracy, right dad? So how come they smile at each other on TV but criticise each other behind their backs?

Father: It’s a masquerade party, don’t you know!

Indonesia
Kompas – June 20, 2009

Kid: How come there’s no election campaign in the mud dad?

Indonesia
Kompas – June 17, 2009

Politician: Foreign exchange? Yes!

Man: But what they need is protection and legal certainty...

Indonesia
Kompas – June 13, 2009

Legislator: How many thousands of times have I told you, I’m the people’s representative! So it’s sufficient for me to represent your prosperity. Got it!

Papers in pocket read: Bribery, corruption, severance pay.

Indonesia
Kompas – June 10, 2009

1st Man: Incidents keep recurring, wisdom is still being sought.

2nd Man: But wisdom isn’t really part of the election campaign is it?

Indonesia
Kompas – June 3, 2009

Politician: It’s not enough just to memorize and familiarise yourself with Pancasila, it must be implemented!

Man: So you’re actually implementing it then?

May 2009

Indonesia
Kompas – May 30, 2009

Clowns on TV: Neoliberalism! People’s economics?

Man: The success team’s job? To campaign for the candidates’ respective programs... not...

Indonesia
Kompas – May 27, 2009

1st Man: We’ll just cheat a bit the spare parts... to minimise the budget you understand.

2nd Man: But isn’t that dangerous?

1st Man: At worst it might break down.

2nd Man: Good thing it’s not a plane.

Indonesia
Kompas – May 20, 2009

Yudhoyono-Boediono: Working hard for the people...

Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto: The faster the better in the people’s interest...

Megawati-Prabowo: Building the people’s economy...

Buskers: I don’t want to suffer again when promises are broken... (from Orchestra of the Embittered by popular rock band Slank)

Indonesia
Kompas – May 13, 2009

Baggage on overloaded bus: Corruption, human rights, debt, unemployment, collusion. Number plate reads presidential elections.

Wanted: ‘Driver’ with vision. Not just knowing how to build coalitions!

Indonesia
Kompas – May 6, 2009

1st Man: Be careful if you hit it...

2nd Man: Careful, why?

1st Man: In case the ball goes astray...