Public bickering and poor coordination between members of President Widodo's so-call 'working cabinet' (Kabinet Kerja), which many are blaming on the president's weak leadership over his ministers, the majority of which are appointees from the political parties that backed his election campaign who are pursuing their own personal and political i
Cabinet & The Presidency
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March 2016
October 2015
Man: How come they’re all singing a different tune? (Song sheet reads ‘Work’)
April 2015
Man: You’re in a really big hurry to become a minister aren’t you? (wheels read ‘problems inherited from the past’, ‘political uproar’)
Kid: Mr, are you a party official or...
Man: A state official stupid!
October 2011
Man: This isn’t RBT. Rencana Bangun Tidur!
Kid reading book titled Indonesian Acronyms: RBT: Ring Back Tone: Something that happens suddenly upon waking up.
Man: The “motor” has been enlarged so it runs faster, yeah?
As President Yudhoyono (holding woman with ‘political parties’ written on dress) begins short-listing the names of new ministers for his first cabinet reshuffle during his second term in office, political analysts warn that it is critical for the president to resist the political pressure or horse-trading that characterised his first cabinet lin
February 2010
Sign: Dirt cheap political restaurant
Waiter (SBY): The special today luxury cars fried in butter, oyster sauce wage rise... or a peppered reshuffle... drinks include a joyous soda or... very bitter black tea!
October 2009
Man: Hey Mr Minister... with the wage increases and generous facilities can you still see us clearly from behind the smoked glass windows?
Carpet reads: Corruption, poverty, judicial mafia, bribery, education, healthcare, unemployment, migrant workers, natural disasters, Lapindo, human rights, Bank Century.




