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The Supertoy HL2 rice hoax linked to the presidential office has revealed nepotism and cronyism among President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s inner circle.
Kid: …One billion… to become a legislative candidate… for the sake of the people yeah Mr?
Placard reads: Basic Commodities Party.
Man: Don’t be so old fashioned…!
Kid: …For the sake of a capital return several times over… He he…
Badge reads: Legislative Candidate.
Politician: Wana be prosperous right? I also want...
Badges read: Legislative candidate. Patches on jackets read: Rp.
Political party registration forms: Could be prosperous party. Could be regulated party. Could be free party. Dry leftover rice party.
Man: Could be free doesn’t mean free to be even more corrupt remember!
Sign on shirt: Corruption suspect prisoner.
Kid holding national flag: Disgrace someone? How could it possibly disgrace anyone! …Heaps of prosecutors and judges are wearing these uniforms!
Papers read: Virus research, bacterial research.
Sign above door: Posyandu – Integrated Health Service Post.
Kid: You’ve also been accused of channelling funds and accepting bribes… how come you’re so calm..?!
Beneath national coat of arms: Rp.
Man: Well the invoice has evaporated hasn’t it!
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono: I still trust them, maybe...
President Yudhoyono has resisted calls to dismiss cabinet ministers MS Kaban (left) and Paskah Suzetta (right) who have been implicated in a 2003 corruption scandal.
Background: Parliament building
Kid: The face [word building crossed out] of our people’s representatives…!
Kid: …Becoming a leader is a heavy response-ability remember Mr! (placard reads Basic Commodities Party).
Man: Yeah… “Just responding to the call-ability! …
...Eh, ‘why be frightened!’ (a play on a famous quip by Abdurrahman ‘Gus Dur’ Wahid – ‘why let it trouble you’)
Politician: Eradicate corruption!
Man: But it’s not campaign time yet is it Mr?
Politician: ...What’s wrong with former officials making a party and nominating themselves?…
Badge: Omm Pasikom President 2009
Kid: …Money from the past to buy votes, think it’ll sell Mr?...
Man: How come school fees keep going up?
Politician: Ah, that’s the trend a at the moment, right, everything’s going up… (name tag reads candidate)
Politician: …I also want to be on top again… (name tag reads candidate)
Politician: ...Promises?... No way! Now’s not when promises are kept! Get it!!
Badge: Vote for me
Woman symbolizing justice: ...Buying and selling legal cases: The price is negotiable!
Background: Parliament house.
Artalyta Suryani: ...Buying and selling self-respect: The bribe is negotiable!
Sign on electric chair: For corruptors
Rat: Don’t worry okay, the power’s a total mess...
Men: Long live elections for regional heads!! Long live democracy!!
Man: …Now we’re free to join any party we want including… the Golput Party!!
Golput – Meaning to abstain from voting or not marking the ballot paper.
Ballot box: Promises, promises, promises, promises, promises
Dummy: …Dual positions! A conflict of interest? No way!!
Man: For the sake of the party… for the sake of KKN… for the sake of… all the more for me!
