MANILA, Philippines — The application of National Youth Commission (NYC) chair Ronald Cardema to become the substitute nominee for the Duterte Youth party-list group has not been disqualified, Director Frances Arabe of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Saturday. “Let us wait for the commission en banc to release their decision,” Arabe told reporters at the Comelec Command Center in Pasay City. ADVERTISEMENTCardema wants to be substitute nominee for his wife, Ducielle Marie Suarez Cardema, as first nominee of the Duterte Youth. Arabe clarified that Cardema filed his application on May 12, 2019, contrary to earlier reports that he filed it on May 16. –With a report from Jaymee T. GamilADVERTISEMENT(Editor: Alexander T. Magno)See the bigger picture with the Inquirer's live in-depth coverage of the election here https://inq.ph/Election2019Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 18, 2019 13:26 UTC