MANILA, Philippines — Several lawmakers in the House of Representatives slammed Tuesday the red-tagging and the alleged police profiling of organizers of several community pantries, saying the administration should admit their shortcomings amid the pandemic instead of targeting those who only wish to help.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said that the Duterte administration “must stop crucifying the good Samaritans.”
“The Duterte administration must not compound its culpable inadequacy of rescuing the poor from the abyss of the pandemic by red-tagging and profiling the good Samaritans who have put up community pantries to help the poorest of the poor,” Lagman said in a statement.
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