Red-carpet treatment

Documents read: Law enforcement, human rights, eradicate corruption.

Background: House of Representatives building.

The new batch of legislators will literally be given the red-carpet treatment when they arrive for their official inauguration on October 1, which will reportedly cost the tax payers a whopping US$4.7 million.

Kompas – September 30, 2009

Regulation in lieu of law

Legislators: Regulation in lieu of law no, yes! Corruption Eradication Commission no, yes! no!

Man (bottom right): The last laugh.

Anti-graft activists have vowed to stop the House of Representatives – rated as one of the most corrupt institutions in the country – from passing the Corruption Court bill, saying lawmakers have altered it to undermine efforts to fight corruption.

Kompas – September 26, 2009

KPK, Perppu

Writing on dog: KPK, Perppu

Papers read: Bank Century case, Criminal Investigation Bureau

President Yudhoyono (left) is readying a regulation in lieu of law, or Perppu, to select replacements for three suspended officials from the country's anti-graft body (KPK). Anti-corruption activists have criticised the plan saying it threatens the impartiality and independence of the body.

Kompas – September 23, 2009

I forget lyrics again

Man: I forget, forget, forget the lyrics again... I just remember, remember, remember the title... (adapted from Forget Forget Remember by the Grave Band)

Amid the nationalism and chauvinism (including the “export” of terrorism”) being whipped up over Malaysia’s alleged theft of Indonesia’s cultural arts, a recent survey found that most people don’t even know the words to the national anthem.

Kompas – September 22, 2009

Don’t feign ignorance!

Arm bands: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), National Police, AGO, House of Representatives.

Kid: Well, which one is corrupt?

Man: Ah come one, don’t feign ignorance!

As it becomes blatantly obvious the police’s trumped up charges against two KPK deputies are designed to weaken the institution and the fight against corruption, President Yudhoyono has been accused of hiding behind legal and constitutional arguments in defending and condoning the police’s actions.

Kompas – September 19, 2009