The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) accused Ana Patricia Non, the organizer of the community pantry along Maginhawa Street in Quezon City, of being part of the communist armed movement.

Presidentials Communications Operations Office Usec. Lorraine Marie Badoy claimed on Thursday, April 22, that Non is an official of the Artista at Manunulat ng Sambayanan (ARMAS).

Badoy said that ARMAS is an underground organization of the of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), and supports the violent overthrowal of the Philippine government.

"Si AP Non, unequivocably na sinasabi namin, she is a member, she is a party member, of the CPP-NPA-NDF. Opisyal siya ng ARMAS," Badoy, spokesperson of the NTF-ELCAC, said during DZRH's Coffee Break.

Non temporarily stopped the operations of the Maginhawa community pantry on Tuesday, April 20, after the NTF-ELCAC and the Quezon City Police District shared social media posts that link the free-food pantries to the communist armed movement

The 26-year old business entrepreneur expressed concerns for her safety, and her volunteers after three police officers asked for her contact number, and the organizations that she has joined.

Badoy said that the government supports the creation of community pantries but she believes certain groups use the project to radicalize the public against the government, and recruit individuals to the communist armed movement.

The PCOO official said that the CPP-NPA-NDF continues to prosper because the communist armed movement takes advantage of the innate goodness and the 'bayanihan' among Filipinos.

"Ang sinasabi namin magpakain kayo, tapos kung may iba kayong agenda ay sabihin niyo ng harapan, sabihin niyo ng harapan kung sino kayo. Huwag niyong lolokohin ang Pilipino kasi ang tagal-tagal niyo ng ginagawa iyan, 52 years," Badoy said.

Non denies that she has links to the communist armed movement.