Umalis Ka Na - Hagkan (Kissed): June 3, 2018 Rodrigo Duterte kisses a married woman on the lips in front of thousands of cheering supporters. Perhaps it was a publicity stunt where the girl was secretly hired or a real impromptu kiss which ended up being consensual; However, Duterte had not asked if she would be alright with it, he asked her if she was married, if her husband around, if she could explain that it was a joke. This promotes machismo behavior (sexism and misogyny) amongst politicians that has been occurring for decades, in addition to Duterte’s statements (in one such statement, he talks about how female communist guerrillas should be shot in their vaginas). He later stated that he would resign if enough women protest despite the fact that there have been tens of thousands of signatures on change.org petitions, and that many Filipinx/Filipinx Americans have protested since his election.
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Inspired by the lipstick art of Natalie Irish, except here lip imprints create an illustrated text rather than an image.
Umalis Ka Na - Buwaya Ka: Inspired by Edgar Matobato’s 2016 hearing in front of the Philippine Senate. According to the Washington Post, Matobato testified that “before Rodrigo Duterte became president, he paid a squad of hit men (one of which was himself) to carry out summary executions that involved feeding a body to a crocodile, chopping up corpses and dumping slashed bodies into the sea.” Buwaya means “crocodile/alligator” but “buwaya ka” is a term used to describe a corrupt politician.
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Umalis Ka Na - Rosario: Ever since the beginning of his administration, Duterte has been very critical of the Catholic Church, particularly Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo. March of 2017, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines had initially issued a pastoral letter (which is rare) condemning the extrajudicial killings (estimated 30,000 people were murdered without the right to due process) that Duterte serves as a solution to the war on drugs. As of July 21, 2020, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has issued another pastoral letter, this time condemning the passing of the Anti-Terror Law (“Terrorist” can now be defined as anyone who criticizes Duterte and his administration under the vague language of this new law). Catholics make up 80% of the Philippines, many of which are either supporters or support out of fear.