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Anonymous asked:
Heard about the Philippine election results :( I'm so sorry. Is there anything we can do to help?
Yeah it absolutely sucks altho tbh I'm not very surprised by the results as the elections were rigged in the first place. The Marcoses return to power has been planned since Duterte became president in 2016, the multi-million disinformation campaign, the media shut down, silencing of protestors etc., a lot of things were done to ensure his win. To be honest I dislike the international coverage of these elections since a lot of them put the blame on Filipino voters not knowing how democracy works when the Philippines has been controlled by political dynasties for decades. It's hardly democractic.
Filipinos in the diaspora can help by going to protests in your local community and non-filipinos can help by helping preserve documents against the Marcos regime. This means keeping physical and digital copies of books like Dekada 70, Conjugal Dictatorship, Marcos Martial Law: Never Again, The Jupiter Effect etc. There's a possibility these books will be banned. The Marcoses stay in power because they're good at rewriting history, preserving them is essential.
Also, because I've seen so many cases of this, continue to support Filipino creatives. I've seen international clients back out in the middle of commissioning Filipino artists because 'they don't want to support the dictatorship' and I find it baffling and offensive because really why blame an individual for the actions of an oppressive government. Not to mention that American artists didn't get treated like this when a controversial leader was elected. We need international support now more than ever because foreign investors are dropping the country which leads to less jobs being generated for locals.
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and to all you non filipinos please. show support to us. make a racket. the man who ‘won’ the presidential race manipulated the votes; the trends were too specific and consistent not to be. this man is a tax evader despite owning billions of pesos, lied about being a tax evader, faked a degree in law, and barely attended the presidential debates. his father was a literal dictator who silenced any form of coverage and information against him, to the degree that people were tortured or killed if they were against him. the marcos regime was one of the darkest times in philippine history. we do not want a repeat of it.
Marcos’s ‘Special Degree’
According to the university’s Information Compliance Team, Marcos “did not complete his degree, but was awarded a Special Diploma in Social Studies in 1978.” “We can confirm that a Ferdinand Marcos matriculated at the University of Oxford in 1975 to read for a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. According to our records, he did not complete his degree, but was awarded a Special Diploma in Social Studies in 1978,”
source: here
Tax Evasion
As Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr evades questions on his family’s P203 billion estate tax debt, his supporters muddle the discussion by spreading false claims about Philippine tax laws if only to defend the non-payment.
Over the past days, Marcos’ supporters have amplified a comment from a political analyst that to charge the Marcos estate of tax would be to concede that it is not ill-gotten.
“That’s wrong logic, and a wrong understanding of the law. Because under the tax code, it doesn’t make a distinction whether the property is legally acquired or illegally acquired such as ill-gotten wealth. So as long as that property is yours at the time you die, [that’s included in your gross estate and will be charged an estate tax],”
source: here
Skipping Most Presidential Debates
“[I am inviting Mr. Marcos to debate with me, to give the people a chance to face him and ask about the controversies surrounding him. We owe it to the people and to our country. If you would accept, I will come anytime, anywhere.] Robredo added.
Marcos participated twice in a debate organized by SMNI News, the media outfit owned by fugitive preacher Apollo Quiboloy. Quiboloy, who is wanted in the United States for sex trafficking charges, has endorsed Marcos for president.
None of the other leading candidates attended the debates organized by SMNI, deemed to be friendly to Marcos and has acquiesced to his demands to skip the hard questions.
Of the 10 presidential candidates, only Marcos has snubbed the past two debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Marcos also did not join the debate mounted by CNN Philippines.
source: here
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polish government has opened a website for ukrainians seeking safety and trying to cross the ukrainian-polish border:
ua.gov.pl
as of 13:10 polish time, it has been said as many people as possible will be let through the borders. they are also supposed to let through children who do not have passports, as to not divide families.
Polish person here, I've been on the website, it looks legit! Adding the full link here:
Information is available in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and English
Please get the help available!
Other people, please boost this!!!!
Gov.pl is a legit website connected to the polish government i use it to look at tax info and school stuff (it has the lessons for the teachers written out) and driving license info. So this is legit!!!
Ukrainian friends, you can also cross the border to Slovakia, with or without a passport, or at least that's the latest update from our Ministry of Interior. You must prepare yourselves for waiting in lines as they check every individual vehicle upon entering (waiting times according to our news are hours long because of shitty capacities but hopefully after today the officials will figure out a more effective system). If anybody has a link too, I'd be grateful as I haven't found anything useful prior to adding to the post. I hope you all stay safe.
Narcissus taking a selfie is the ACTUAL best.
Painting recreations are my favorite thing to come out of quarantine.
here’s the recreation i did of vermeer’s milkmaid last year with my sibling for an art class :)