MANILA, Philippines —The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday accepted the application for substitution as Duterte Youth party-list nominees of former National Youth Commission (NYC) Chairman Ronald Cardema. “The substitution of Ronald Cardema as Duterte Youth nominee has been approved, with one Commissioner dissenting and one abstention,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said on Twitter. — Rowena V. Guanzon (@commrguanzon) June 4, 2019In Comelec Resolution 10529, the Comelec granted the petition Cardema, Gian Carlo Galang, Catherine R. Santos, Kerwin M. Pagaran, and Sharah Shane T. Makabali to be the substitute nominees of the Duterte Youth party-list. The Comelec also resolved that a sixth nominee, Allan Kevin C. Payawal, had been denied as a nominee, saying that the original nominees were only five. Several groups slammed Cardema’s last-minute substitution bid, with Jimenez noting that 10 petitions had been filed opposing Cardema’s bid.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 04, 2019 08:44 UTC