Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, who retired Wednesday after a seven-year term at the constitutional body, appeared to have been victimized by fake food orders on her last working day in office in Intramuros.
At least six or seven food delivery riders arrived at Palacio del Gobernador, Comelec’s main office, in Manila only to find out that neither Guanzon nor her office ordered anything.
Some P5,390 worth of food was ordered via an app using Guanzon’s name. Guanzon’s office denied booking the order.
Guanzon said that police are now investigating the incident.
The 64-year-old Guanzon, who had been in the news during the past few days because of her criticisms against a fellow Comelec commissioner, then warned people behind fake deliveries of food orders allegedly made by her office.
She said since Tuesday night, her office had been receiving fake and unauthorized orders from various online delivery apps and restaurant bookings, which were being sent to her office as unpaid orders.
More than five orders were turned away as of Wednesday morning, each one worth thousands of pesos.
“These people are bad, victimizing food riders,” Guanzon said in a separate post.
Meanwhile, Guanzon disclosed that she has been shortlisted for the position of deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas.
“I was shortlisted as deputy ombudsman for the Visayas and there are three of us. One from Davao, one is a director in the Ombudsman here in Manila. Well, it is up to the President [whether] he appoints me or not. But I am a no-nonsense career public servant and a professor of law. So, I will serve,” Guanzon said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
Guanzon retired on February 2, along with Comelec chairman Sheriff Abas and Commissioner Antonio Kho Jr.
