Press Release
April 29, 2021

Dispatch from Crame No. 1,061:
Sen. Leila M. de Lima on DILG's concern about the health protocols in Community Pantries

4/29/21

The administration should assume a friendly approach to the community pantries. Nandiyan sila para tumulong sa mga kababayan natin na ayaw o hindi kayang tulungan ng gobyerno. Kapag pinasara natin ang mga community pantries, sino pa ang tutulong sa mga nangangailangan ngayong panahon ng pandemya?

Thankfully, we have true Filipinos like Patreng Non who devised a way through which the support and donations of our kababayans reach those who are in need.

If this administration no longer has the capability or interest to give additional aid to our countrymen, the least they can do is help make the community pantries safe for everyone. Ang pagbabanta sa mga community pantries ay direktang pag-atake sa kumakalam na sikmura ng mamamayan.

Hindi ba dapat saluhin ng local at barangay officials yung pagtitiyak na nasusunod ang health protocol kahit sa mga community pantries? Sa halip na ipasara yung mga pantries, hindi ba mas mabuting utusan ng DILG ang mga barangay officials at mga pulis na tumulong? Kulang ang ayuda ng gobyerno kaya pumipila ang mga tao. Tumulong na lang tayo sa pagtitiyak ng kanilang kaligtasan habang kumukuha sila ng ayuda sa mga community pantries. Some LGUs and barangays are already doing this - they are helping the community pantries flourish while ensuring health protocols.

The community pantries serve our people. The government should work with them instead of being an obstacle to their mission. ###

(Access the handwritten version, here: https://issuu.com/senatorleilam.delima/docs/dispatch_1061)

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