Drunken Republic Cartoons

October 2010

Indonesia
Kompas – October 27, 2010

Man: Are you evacuating too Mr?

Legislator: A comparative study!

Indonesia
Kompas – October 23, 2010

President: What, you want to overthrow me?!

Kid: Mr... the legs on your chair need fixing!

Indonesia
Kompas – October 20, 2010

1st Man: We’ve been waiting a year already... how much longer?

2nd Man: There’s still four more years to go...

Indonesia
Kompas – October 18, 2010

From an opinion piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas by Ikrar Nusa Bhakti on the first year of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second term in office titled Before the Catastrophe.

West Papua
Kompas – October 16, 2010

Once upon a time in Wasior...

Indonesia
Kompas – October 13, 2010

Broker – Fee – Budget – Welfare

Indonesia
Kompas – October 9, 2010

Kid: So you’ll be made the boss for the sake of politics... power... the political parties... or for the sake of... the piggy banks! (the suspiciously large bank accounts held by 15 police generals)

Pradopo: For the sake of the people, nation and country fool!

Indonesia
Kompas – October 6, 2010

Someone must be held responsible! You take the blame... Yes of course Sir. I’ll give the answers (a play on the words ber-tanggung-jawab, men-[t]anggung and men-jawab).

Indonesia
Kompas – October 2, 2010

Man: Catching an eel is harder than catching a terrorist, yeah Mr?

Kid: Just shoot ‘em on sight!

Indonesia
Kompas – October 1, 2010

It’s an open secret that instead of actually writing a university paper or thesis, rich students can pay to have it written for them. Ranging anywhere between 250,000 and several million rupiah, the cost of is calculated based on the number of words, references and quality of presentation.

September 2010

Indonesia
Kompas – September 29, 2010

Man: Raft-Way, why not...

Indonesia
Kompas – September 22, 2010

Man: Social justice for all Indonesians?

Widespread corruption, which pervades almost every aspect of Indonesian life, is estimated to cost the country’s economy around Rp50 trillion (US$5.6 billion) a year or around 1.4% of GDP annually, just over half the US$9 billion allocated to government poverty alleviation programs in 2010.

Indonesia
Kompas – September 18, 2010

Police officer: Purely a criminal act!

Man: You forgot your magnifying glass Mr!

Pool of blood reads ‘violence’

Indonesia
Kompas – September 15, 2010

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika: The national motto, Unity in Diversity

1st Man: Doesn’t it say there’s freedom of worship?

2nd Man: It only say’s it...

Indonesia
Kompas – September 1, 2010

Refugee: Wow the new building design... it’s to house us right Mr?

Indonesia
Kompas – September 1, 2010

From an opinion piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled ‘The House of Representatives and Eradicating Corruption’.

August 2010

Indonesia
Kompas – August 28, 2010

Kid: Mr, don’t worry about the wealth report... there’s a special going on letters certifying good behaviour... and remissions!

Indonesia
Kompas – August 25, 2010

Document on scale reads ‘Wealth Report’

Anti-graft activists say that whether it’s because of negligence or a malicious intent to hide something, it is unacceptable that more than 100 lawmakers have still not submitted their personal wealth reports to the Corruption Eradication Commission. The reports were due in December last year.

Indonesia
Kompas – August 22, 2010

Traffic cop: Mooooney... a play on the words duit (money) and peluit (whistle)

Man: Those kind of whistle-blowers, they’ve been around for ages Mr!

Indonesia
Kompas – August 18, 2010

1st Man: Independence!

2nd Man: What’s up?