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Philippines Artists are losing Commissions because of the New President

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Artistas das Filipinas estão perdendo trabalhos por conta do Novo Presidente

Philippines Artists are losing Commissions because of the New President who was elected in the recent race that took place in the country in recent days. Ferdinand Marcos Jr was elected with more than 90% of the votes.

But then, why has this made Filipino artists lose work? The history of the Philippines is marked by a dictatorship, a dictatorship of the Marcos family.

Summary of the History of the Philippines

Ferdinand Marcos was a dictator who ruled the Philippines “with an iron fist” between 1965 and 1986. The former dictator was removed from power after a popular uprising. Many deaths, executions, robberies took place during his dictatorship. After fleeing the Philippines, the dictator went to Hawaii where he died some time later.

Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship is seen as cruel and responsible for stealing a lot from the Philippines and her people.

Behold, his son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr entered the recent election and was elected president of the Philippines, according to newspapers, Marcos Jr used disinformation in the campaign, claiming that his father’s time was of peace and prosperity.

He also largely avoided giving interviews or participating in debates, to avoid saying things that could damage his image. It turned out that he was “elected” with more than 90% of the votes according to some websites.

Philippines Artists are losing Commissions because of the New President

What is happening right now is because of the news of Marcos Jr’s election, many people (who have hired illustrators from the Philippines to do some work) are canceling or asking to have their names removed from their client list.

The reason is that in the eyes of many, the majority of Filipinos support a dictatorship, as Marcos Jr was elected with more than 90% of the votes. Nobody wants to be associated with having supported a country that supports dictatorship.

The screenshots above show several illustrators having work canceled by international clients, saying they don’t want any more. Bianca is an artist from the Philippines and according to her, what happens in the country is the following.

The son of a dictator who ended the country was elected, so all the people in other countries are thinking that all Filipinos voted for the son of the dictator, which she classifies as false.

Protests are taking place in the country, allegations that the election was rigged are happening, according to her, Filipinos did not vote and do not support the Marcos.

According to what the news website Veja published:

“About 400 people, most of them students, protested against Marcos outside the electoral commission this Tuesday, 10, alleging irregularities in the elections. The research body rejected the complaints presented by different groups, including victims of the martial law, who attempted to exclude Marcos from the presidential race based on a 1995 tax evasion conviction

Two of the petitioners, including the leftist group Akbayan, said they would appeal to the Supreme Court.”

Ellie, another artist from the Philippines, had this to say:

If you go into the prints that are being published, you will see many international clients saying things like: “I will have to cancel this job, it’s a risk for me to do something with people from the Philippines now”.

Many illustrators in the Philippines are recounting their situations, and now people have appeared who are claiming that these artists are spreading “Fake News” about the government and the real situation in the country, wanting them not to receive works or donations from international people.

Anyway, this is the current situation involving illustrators from the Philippines.