We'll give you some more later...

Baskets read: 2004, 2009 political party election pledges

Politician: We'll give you some more later...

Analysts are attributing widespread voter apathy to rampant money politics, saying that cash payments are likely to be a deciding factor in the 2014 elections as most voters have learnt from past experience that election pledges by the political parties (parpol) are utterly worthless and it's better to take the cash while you can.

Kompas - January 16, 2013

An Impromptu Visit

Man greeting President Yudhoyono: Wow... an impromptu visit... [but we need] solutions... not concerned speeches Mr!

Kid: As is being awaited in Poso, Papua, Bima, Mesuji, corruption prone regencies and so forth...

Residents of a slum village who were treated to an 'impromptu' visit by Yudhoyono last week had the pleasure of listening first hand to yet another of the President's 'concerned' speeches, which have come to characterise his 'all talk no action' presidency.

Kompas - January 12, 2013

The Impromptu Visit Part II

Blusuk(an) – To fall into accidently, to wander about, to keep entering places where one doesn't belong, an impromptu visit by an official.

President Yudhoyono's departure from his normally aloft and distant style in making an impromptu visit to a slum neighborhood near Jakarta has been met with skepticism, with critics saying it is just a ploy to shore up support for his embattled Democratic Party, which has been ravaged in recent months by a series of high-profile corruption cases involving senor party figures.

Kompas - January 9, 2013

The Republic of As Ifs

They'll be lots of big initiatives this year! Mr President SBY will act firmly and resolutely, incompetent ministers will be sacked, the Bank Century and Lapindo cases will be resolved once and for all, the narcotics mafia will be shot, poverty will be eradicated, corruptors will be hung!

Kid: The Republic of As Ifs?

A play on the words akan meaning will or shall and seakan-akan meaning as if, as though, it appears.

Kompas - January 5, 2013

Corrupted economy

Cart reads Economy.

Economists warn that unless the government addresses key weaknesses such as poor infrastructure, rampant corruption and an entrenched bureaucracy, these inefficiencies will become an increasingly substantial drag on the country's economic growth, particularly at a time when the global and regional economy is expected to slow.

Kompas - January 2, 2013