Moksa Hutasoit, Jakarta – For the start of the week, Jakarta and surrounding areas will again be treated to widespread demonstrations, with five protest actions being held at a number of different locations.
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October 2009
Women: Quiet. He’s waiting for a call on the results of his prosperity test as minister for humor and jokes in the republic of dreams!
Left: Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari holding Health Law.
1st man: How come no political party disaster relief coordination posts have appeared?
2nd man: Wait for the 2014 elections.
Thousands of families are still homeless in Padang, West Sumatra, two weeks after a 7.9-magnitude quake hit the province.
Didi Syafirdi, Jakarta – Five protest actions and one silent action will enliven Jakarta today. In order to avoid traffic jams, road users are asked to stay clear of stretches of road in the vicinity of the demonstrations.
Irwan Nugroho, Jakarta – The national police headquarters (Mabes Polri) is asking that the judge reject a pre-trail challenge by the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) against a decision to name non-active Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto suspects.
Man: So they’re staying in five star hotels? Don’t be disheartened, we live in a hotel of a million stars!
Newspaper headline: Inauguration of 2009-2014 House of Representative members.
September 2009
Documents read: Law enforcement, human rights, eradicate corruption.
Background: House of Representatives building.
The new batch of legislators will literally be given the red-carpet treatment when they arrive for their official inauguration on October 1, which will reportedly cost the tax payers a whopping US$4.7 million.
Legislators: Regulation in lieu of law no, yes! Corruption Eradication Commission no, yes! no!
Man (bottom right): The last laugh.