MANILA, Philippines — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon has dared local officials to require her to secure a permit for a community pantry she and her family will put up up in Negros Occidental.
“My sister doctor asked me to set up a community pantry in front of our parents’ house in Cadiz. Go ahead, fools, require me to get a permit. Make my day,” the feisty Comelec official said on Thursday.
My sister doctor asked me to set up a community pantry in front of our parents' house in Cadiz. Go ahead, fools, require me to get a permit. Make my day.
— Rowena Guanzon (@rowena_guanzon) April 21, 2021
A Department of the Interior and Local Government official on Wednesday said that community pantry organizers need to secure a permit from local authorities.
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