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September 2014
Man: The people’s rights are being hijacked Mr
Amid mounting calls by big business, the IMF and the World Bank to redirect costly fuel (BBM) subsidies to ‘productive investment’ (read tax breaks and businesses subsidies), President Yudhoyono (left) appears likely to leave such an unpopular decision to president elect Joko Widodo (right) rather than be remembered in his last month in office f
Man: Later this kind of thing won’t happen anymore like now, right Mr?
August 2014
Kid: The next episode in the presidential election dispute soap opera right Dad?
Smart people (find it hard to) pay tax – a campaign slogan to encourage people to pay tax. Sign reads ‘Tax collection service’.
Kid: All the best for August 17 Mr!
Prizes read: Human rights, fuel [prices], poverty, culture of corruption, law [enforcement], sectarian conflicts.
Man: Freedom!
Independence Day celebrations on August 17 marking 69 years since Indonesia won independence from Dutch colonial rule will be muted this year with many parts of the country suffering from blackouts due to government restrictions on the sale of subsidised fuel.
Garuda Pancasila, I am your supporter, a patriot of the proclamation, ready to sacrifice for you... (from the nationalist song Garuda Pancasila).
Kid: There are false oaths, false promises, fake surveys, false teeth... what else Dad... oh yeah, fake websites!
Man: Usually... it’s because the owner’s aren’t real!