Putu Setia – Many issues have arisen unexpectedly from the uproar over 3 kilogram LPG canisters which are commonly called "melon gas" because of their shape and colour. The big question first of all is why the government acted so haphazardly in regulating one of the necessities of life for so many ordinary people.

Fence reads "Who does it belong to?"

The discovery of a mysterious 30.16 kilometre bamboo sea fence in the Java Sea north of Tangerang, West Java, has left many people in Indonesia disconcerted and raised concerns about the privatisation of Indonesian marine waters by private corporations.

Traffic cop (top left): Toot-toot, wail-wail, toot-toot.

Speech bubbles: Does the president wants to get past? A special staffer? A special delegate? A deputy minister? The vice president? A coordinating minister? What's going on, we can't move. Who cares. Most lightly an illegal strobe light. Where are we supposed to move aside to?

Woman with children: Please save us Mr!

Jakarta – The number of citizens who did not use their right to vote, or golput, in the 2024 simultaneous regional elections was quite high. In several regions, the number of votes garnered by the winning tickets was far below the golput figure.

Man: Focused work right Mr... (box reads "electoral disputes")

Voter: Watch out, a dawn raid. Sign reads Polling Both (TPS).

Woman: How come the people's military is attacking the people?

Boot reads: Rogue (soldiers), sole reads Deli Serdang.

Man: Help Mr Minister

Hand made of textile rolls reads 'National Textile Industry',

[From an oped piece in Kompas.id by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) program manager and University of Indonesia political science doctorate program student Saidiman Ahmad titled "Joko Widodo's Political Legacy".]