Cartoon on Government’s Debt
A suggestion for a cartoon to satirize the government’s burden of paying staggering interest on its debt, depicted with the reportedly Rp11,000 trillion fund in Jokowi’s pocket.
Tempo
February 24, 2025

An Idea for Tempo’s Cartoon
I WOULD like Tempo’s cartoonist to create a cartoon depicting the Indonesian government preparing to pay Rp500 trillion in debt interest. We should not be too worried, as this debt was accumulated during Joko Widodo’s administration, and Jokowi reportedly has Rp11,000 trillion in funds. Why not take Rp500 trillion from that amount and distribute the remaining Rp10,500 trillion to the middle and
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