Longtime artist Max Santiago faces complaints over his effigy depicting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a 'two-faced' leader. The police framed the burning of his effigy as a violation of the solid waste and clean air acts, but the complaints were dismissed by a prosecutor.
Max Santiago , a resident artist of BAYAN , joined a protest on September 5, 2023, where he faced complaints over his effigy depicting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a 'two-faced' leader. Despite being a longtime artist who has been making effigies for twenty years, Santiago was sued for the first time over his art. The police framed the burning of his latest effigy as a violation of the solid waste and clean air acts .
However, the complaints were dismissed by a Quezon City prosecutor in November
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