Parliament & Legislation

December 2015

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Kompas – December 16, 2015

Ball reads ‘decision’, flag reads ‘politics’

November 2015

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Kompas – November 14, 2015

Barely a month after the public furor over his appearance at a press conference with Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump in which he was spotted wearing a US$14,000 Swiss watch, House of Representatives (DPR) deputy speaker and Golkar politician Setya Novanto is once again having to defend himself after pictures of an XJL Jaguar (which

September 2015

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Kompas – September 19, 2015

Kid: Dad can I have more travel allowance money?

Man: Why don’t you just ask Mr Donald Trump...

August 2015

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Kompas – August 22, 2015

Kid: So many trillions of rupiah to construct a building... for the sake of the people or for the sake of... projects Mr?

Man: For the sake of the people fool! I’m also the people.

July 2015

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Kompas – July 1, 2015

After failing to obtain state funding for the down payment on their private cars, members of the House of Representatives are pushing the government to include 20 billion rupiah (US$1.5 million) in ‘aspiration funds’ in next year’s state budget – essentially a pork-barrel fund that will be distributed among all 560 representatives and used for a

December 2014

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Kompas – December 15, 2014

From an op-ed piece titled Democracy in tatters at parliament.

November 2014

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Kompas – November 29, 2014

Man: Consensus?

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Kompas – November 22, 2014

Man: Success! Comedy drama round one

Kid: You mean they’ll be a second round Dad?

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Kompas – November 8, 2014

Lawmaker: Who says we’re getting paid for doing nothing! I’m working don’t you know!

October 2014

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Kompas – October 8, 2014

Package, package, package... Bag reads paket sembako (basic goods package)