MANILA, Philippines — Controversial former National Youth Commission (NYC) chairman Ronald Cardema drew criticisms and jeers from party-list lawmakers yesterday for attending their organizational meeting on Tuesday night. Cardema has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to replace his wife Ducielle Marie as incoming representative of new party-list group Duterte Youth in the House. About 40 incumbent party-list lawmakers and sure winners attended Tuesday night’s meeting at a Quezon City hotel. Under the law, a party-list nominee for the youth sector should not be more than 30 years old. “Ronald Cardema and the Duterte Youth party-list are just two of many reasons why the party-list system has become a joke,” said Lacson in his Twitter post.

Source: Philippine Star May 22, 2019 16:00 UTC