IF Benyamin Suaeb were still alive, he would be singing about politics today. The multi-talented, Betawi (Jakarta-born) performer would be entertaining us with ditties that are funny yet biting. Perhaps he would adapt an old verse to go, "If he's got cash, he's the man; if he's got none, he ain't the one…"

This satire is a fitting commentary of the current situation in this republic, especially to people who have just witnessed the elect