This, despite the QCPD's social media account previously sharing a post that attempted to link the community pantries to communists. The Maginhawa community pantry that started the phenomenon is in Quezon City. She said that the pantries were "manifestations or evidence of state neglect and a failed pandemic response," which left the state "scrambling to hijack the stories and narratives that surround community pantries." READ: NCR mayors urge community pantry organizers to coordinate with LGUs firstThe Palace has said that the pantries just show Filipinos helping each other and that these should not be "politicized", but, scholars said, this framing reduces the original intent of community pantries. "One possible scenario that we are starting to notice...is the possible 'bureaucratization' of the community pantry initiative...It raises the question, what makes a [community pantry] different from the typical food relief system if there is now bureaucratization?"

Source: Philippine Star April 26, 2021 13:48 UTC