Man: The Bank Century case, this case that case, case XYZ, to the piggy bank case, they will all be fully investigated! Full, full, fully!
Kid: Will!
Man: The Bank Century case, this case that case, case XYZ, to the piggy bank case, they will all be fully investigated! Full, full, fully!
Kid: Will!
1st Man: By 2050 many of our islands will be under water.
2nd Man: What’s important is they’re safe till 2014, right?
Politicians: My job is to make policy, my job is to procure canisters... my job is this, my job is that...
Man holding gas canister: My job... is to accept my fate...
Man: The rice-reform order (era) huh? – report nasi (difficulties buying rice), a play on the word reform[n]asi (political reform).
Signs read: Going up. Going up.
Kid: So where’s your commitment to the ideal of serving the people’s interests?
Lawmaker: In spite of not turning up for work, falling asleep during hearings, using my position to earn extra on the side, throwing bribes around... nevertheless I do represent the prosperity of the ordinary people...
Rheza Andhika Pamungkas, Jakarta – Around 80 workers from the Indonesian Labour Movement Union (PPBI) held a demonstration today demanding the cancellation of basic electricity rate (TDL) hikes that came into effect on July 1.
Man: Going sightseeing Mr?
Legislator: It’s a working visit don’t you know!
Kid: There are may roads to Rome, but when will we get there Dad?
Signs: Police St, AGO St, Judiciary St, Finance St, Corruption Eradication Commission St, Judicial Mafia Task Force St, Commission XYZ St, Road Without End St. Damaged road!
Man: His conscious is in there... (arm band reads candidate regional head)
With the cost of campaign spending for regional elections reaching into the millions of dollars, candidate regional heads see running for public office as financial investment rather than a chance to serve the public.
Toto Suryaningtyas – Efforts by certain politicians to pull the military back into the political arena has tended to receive little public agreement. This disagreement however has in fact been expressed at time when the public’s sense of satisfaction with the performance of the Indonesian military (TNI) has improved.