Drunken Republic Cartoons

September 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – September 21, 2011

1st Man: How come nothing’s being done?

2nd Man: It’s just like everything else in the country yeah...

Exhaust reads: Holdups, rapes, pickpockets, illegal road fees, traffic violations...

Indonesia
Kompas – September 17, 2011

Man: Cleptocractic republic? No way! I stand at the forefront of eradicating corruption! There will be no favoritism (lit no matter what ‘feathers’ you have’)! There will be no remissions for corruptors!

Kid: It depends Mr! On what feathers... and whose feathers!

Indonesia
Kompas – September 14, 2011

Woman: Watch out Mr! Don’t get sleepy!

Man: Isn’t it the same everywhere if you sit in “chairs” with air-conditioning, you always get sleepy, right Mrs...

Indonesia
Kompas – September 11, 2011

President Yudhoyono has received a new blow amid his own declining popularity, with the results of an Indonesian Survey Circle (LSI) survey showing a sharp drop in public approval of his cabinet, dropping from 52.3% in January 2010, and then 46.5% in September 2010, to 37.7% this month.

Indonesia
Kompas – September 10, 2011

Man (holding forged document): You’re the chicken thief!

Indonesia
Kompas – September 7, 2011

Until next time image building...

Sign reads: For the 633 victims of Mudik (holiday road accidents).

Indonesia
Kompas – September 3, 2011

Kid: Please forgive my physical and emotional wrongdoings (a traditional Idul Fitri greeting) and for all my crimes of corruption...

Man: The same to you...

August 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – August 27, 2011

Man: Respected corruptors, judicial mafia, tax mafia, project mafia, budget mafia, election mafia, political (rat) mafia, Lying House of Representatives, bribery mafia, mafia XYZ... Let us welcome this great day and hope that our pious deeds will be accepted by God the Most Holy!

Indonesia
Kompas – August 24, 2011

1st Man: Didn’t he say he would be at the forefront of eradicating corruption?

2nd Man: He’s already sent a letter right...

Indonesia
Kompas – August 13, 2011

Man: He’s been arrested? Cool... then I’m safe!

Kid: How come?

Man: Psst... previous whistle-blowers have also ended up having their whistle silenced.

Indonesia
Kompas – August 10, 2011

Man: Nazruddin’s been arrested, so why are so many people are getting nervous?

Indonesia
Kompas – August 6, 2011

Man: A person can also be judged by what they say!

Indonesia
Kompas – August 3, 2011

Loudspeaker: Disband the KPK... Forgive corruptors...

1st Man: It’s like they’re not serious about eradicating corruption anymore?

2nd Man: Did you really think they were serious before?

July 2011

Indonesia
Kompas – July 30, 2011

From an op-ed piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled “Image Building only Creates Deeper Disenchantment”.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 27, 2011

1st Man: Prices keep going up...

2nd Man: Prices shall go down

1st Man: What, just like that? Prices will go down?

2nd Man: I said so in a speech didn’t I?

Indonesia
Kompas – July 25, 2011

From an op-ed piece in the Jakarta daily Kompas titled “A warning for the leader”.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 23, 2011

Rhino: I’m no longer a rare animal... lots of officials have faces like me!

Indonesia
Kompas – July 20, 2011

1st Man: Do we need a new institution, or a new leader?

2nd Man: Like you don’t know.

Chairs read: This council, that board, this commission, that task force, this commission...

Indonesia
Kompas – July 16, 2011

Tokek! To come home. Tokek! Or not come home. Tokek! To come home. Tokek! Or not come home. Tokek! To come home... Tok!

Kid: Maybe he’ll keep it up until two thousand and fourteen (the 2014 elections) Mr.

Indonesia
Kompas – July 16, 2011

1st Man: How come it’s not moving? Where’s the driver gone?

2nd Man: He’s busy sending SMSs and trying to find fuel.

1st Man: How long’s it going to be like this huh?

2nd Man: Until the 2014 elections probably.