Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro on Friday, May 1, ordered the police to release the 10 volunteers of a community kitchen feeding program arrested while serving free meals in the city. READ:
DETAINED. The 10 Marikina feeding program volunteers are detained by cops on Friday, May 1. Photo from Zena Bernardoof a community kitchen feeding program arrested while serving free meals in the city.volunteer group Bayanihang Marikenyo at Marikenya, who had just cooked breakfast for a community of jeepney driversThe police said they arrested members of the group for allegedly holding a protest because of they carried placards.
Arrested around 9 am Friday were 7 jeepney drivers, two teachers, and one community volunteer with Gabriela.“Nag-overreact 'yung PNP, eh. Hindi dapat inaresto dahil wala namang ginagawang masama yung mga kababayan natin.” “Sinasabihan ko ngayon ang ating kapulisan na wala silang kasong maaring isampa dun sa mga taong ito.The mayor added that the relief operation strictly observed physical distancing. He also said that what they did was in compliance with the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.
Teodoro said that the police may have misinterpreted the act as a protest because they were carrying placards.Maaring may placards silang dala pero May 1 ngayon, eh, bahagi ito ng pag-e-exercise nitong constitutional rights nila na freedom of expression.The message on the placards, Teodoro said, called for nationwide free mass testing to stop the spread of COVID-19. This message supported his advocacy for mass testing through the Marikina Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory.
“Pinapahayag lang nila ang pangangailangan para sa free mass testing. Dahil yung mahihirap, ito naman talaga ang hinihingi, yung libreng mass testing. Para sa ganun alam nila kung positive or negative sila sa COVID-19,”
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