MANILA, Philippines — Organizers of community pantries providing food for the poor affected by the pandemic should be encouraged, and not censured or intimidated, senators said on Tuesday.
“Community pantries require no state franchise, nor government permit, nor police clearance. The business of helping your neighbor, as God commanded, requires no business permit from man,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said in a statement.
“These have become self-policing projects by a disciplined populace. The police should, in fact, commend the organizers instead of censuring them,” he said.
Recto was reacting to the alleged red-tagging and supposed profiling of individuals,…
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