Drunken Republic Cartoons

February 2013

Indonesia
Kompas – February 6, 2013

From an opinion piece titled Women and Religion

Indonesia
Kompas – February 6, 2013

Man: Now we see their true spots (colours)...

January 2013

Indonesia
Kompas – January 26, 2013

Kid: Every dry season the floods get forgotten, before there was talk about overcoming the floods, but it was just ‘will’, only now that Jakarta’s flooded, its all ‘will-will-will’ again. So who’s to blame Dad? The government?

Man: No! The water! Stupid!

Indonesia
Kompas – January 22, 2013

Man: Where to this Jakarta?

Indonesia
Kompas – January 19, 2013

Sanusi: Rape? They might enjoy it right?

Man: It seems we all enjoy opening pornographic websites right Mr...

Indonesia
Kompas – January 18, 2013

Educators say that the government’s insistence on emphasising religious studies and citizenship education at the expense of science, social studies and English in the new elementary school curriculum – supposedly to create honest and moral students – shows how little value is placed on critical thinking and is just another example of the tendenc

Indonesia
Kompas – January 16, 2013

Baskets read: 2004, 2009 political party election pledges

Politician: We’ll give you some more later...

Indonesia
Kompas – January 12, 2013

Man greeting President Yudhoyono: Wow... an impromptu visit... [but we need] solutions... not concerned speeches Mr!

Kid: As is being awaited in Poso, Papua, Bima, Mesuji, corruption prone regencies and so forth...

Indonesia
Kompas – January 9, 2013

Blusuk(an) – To fall into accidently, to wander about, to keep entering places where one doesn’t belong, an impromptu visit by an official.

Indonesia
Kompas – January 5, 2013

They’ll be lots of big initiatives this year! Mr President SBY will act firmly and resolutely, incompetent ministers will be sacked, the Bank Century and Lapindo cases will be resolved once and for all, the narcotics mafia will be shot, poverty will be eradicated, corruptors will be hung!

Kid: The Republic of As Ifs?

Indonesia
Kompas – January 2, 2013

Cart reads Economy.

December 2012

Indonesia
Kompas – December 29, 2012

From left to right: Djoko Susilo, Muhammad Nazaruddin, Wa Ode Nurhayati, Andi Mallarangeng, Achmad Yamanie, Anas Urbaningrum, Angelina Sondakh.

Drum reads: Politicisation and commercialisation of the law.

Indonesia
Kompas – December 26, 2012

Man: Relax, we’re used to surviving without leadership

Indonesia
Kompas – December 22, 2012

Drum reads: Political racket

Indonesia
Kompas – December 15, 2012

Man: Arrogance and personal ambition.

Indonesia
Kompas – December 8, 2012

Man: Horeee... Indonesia’s the champion (Cup reads International Anti Corruption Day)

Indonesia
Kompas – December 5, 2012

Sign reads: Prosperity

November 2012

Indonesia
Kompas – November 28, 2012

In what is becoming a depressingly regular event with the onset of the rainy season each year, torrential rains over the weekend triggered widespread flooding and traffic gridlock throughout much of Jakarta, including the central business district with its iconic Welcome Monument, which is not among the city’s 78 flood-prone areas.

Indonesia
Kompas – November 24, 2012

Bags read: Engineering comparative study, Red Cross comparative study, XYZ study.

Kid: There’s collusion here isn’t there Dad?

Indonesia
Kompas – November 21, 2012

Lawmakers: Bye... (document in bag reads Comparative Study)