History will repeat itself

Writing on donkey reads: "Legislative candidate", corrupt politicians, fugitives from justice, hoodlums, insane, falsified deplomas...

Scroll reads: corruption, bribes, overseas junkets, project brokers, skipping meetings, huge salary++, a Hummer car...

Kid: A bet Dad... history will repeat itself.

Kompas - April 27, 2013 (adapted from an Omm Pasikom Kompas cartoon dated January 21, 2004)

National Exams

Crate reads National Exam problems, smoke reads Performance, number plate reads (Ministry) of Education and Culture.

Calls are mounting for education and culture minister Mohammad Nuh to resign following the debacle surrounding this year's national exams. With massive delays, widespread cheating and students in remote areas forced to take exams on photocopied materials, the credibility of this year's exam results is being thrown into doubt.

Kompas - April 17, 2013

Knight in shining armor!

Man: Are you prepared to take on thugs like these? Now that's what you'd call a knight in black (shining) armor!

With the military trying to depict the soldiers involved in the Cebongan prison executions as "knights of the people" and the victims as thugs who deserved to be killed, many have responded cynically that perhaps the military should go after real thugs – the politicians, legislators and government officials who steal billions of dollars from the public purse with impunity.

Kompas - April 13, 2013

RUU Ormas

Criticism continues to mount against the controversial Draft Law on Mass Organisations (RUU Ormas) ahead of its expected passage this week by the House. Under the draft, associations are restricted to limited categories of activities and subjected to vague prohibitions, including bans on activities that "endanger the unity and safety of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia" and "embracing, instigating and propagating beliefs and religions conflicting with [state ideology] Pancasila".

Kompas - April 10, 2013

Party Takeover

Chair reads: Judicial mafia, corruption, drugs, Lapindo mud disaster, Bank Century scandal, Hambalang corruption scandal, Cebongan prison attack.

According to a recent survey, most Indonesians disagree with President Yudhoyono's takeover of the Democrat Party in an attempt to repair its tainted image after a string of graft scandals involving senior politicians, with the majority of respondents saying the president should focus on his job and deal with the myriad of unresolved problems facing the country.

Kompas - April 6, 2013