Oh God... I just pray for retirement... because my job in this country has been taken over by government officials!
Money Politics & Elite Conflicts
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January 2012
November 2011
According to the Supreme Audit Agency there were irregularities of US$33 billion in Social Assistance Funds (Dana Bantuan Sosial) in 2007-2010.
March 2011
Kid: There’s no point setting your beard on fire (getting in a twist, a panic, furious) Mr, you’re the one who didn’t keep it trim and neat (to keep one’s own house in order)!
Cake tray reads: Coalition
Papers in bin read: Bank Century, tax mafia inquiry, reshuffle
1st Man: A senior official has resigned over an illegal donation...
2nd Man: So they’re serious about creating clean governance then?
1st Man: Not here, in Japan...
Headline: Japanese FM resigns.
February 2011
Man: They say to be involved in politics you have to be like a rat, sniff things out first, then bite!
Kid: That’s right dad! It’s also what’s called a political rat! – a play on the word politikus: politik (politics) + tikus (rat) = politician.
December 2010
M Hernowo and Anita Yossihara – The Joint Secretariat (Setgab) of political parties supporting the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This was one of the important political “breakthroughs” in 2010, and the controversy surrounding it has continued to this day.
November 2010
June 2010
Despite the recent rift in the pro-government coalition and the continuing outcry over the Lapindo mudflow disaster, regional elections in Sidoarjo, East Java, have seen the Democrat and Golkar parties joining forces to back candidates from Lapindo Brantas Inc, the company widely blamed for the massive social and ecological disaster that has inu
May 2010
Sri when will you come home. You left without telling me. They say you went to the market to buy prawn paste, but you still haven’t come home... come back now Sri... come back now. (adapted from Sri Ran Away by Sony Josz)