In an interview with The STAR, Comelec Chairman Sheriff Abas confirmed that the commission en banc approved Cardema's petition for substitution. #BilangPilipino2019 | @CESuerteFelipe pic.twitter.com/GFkiqtrNKw — The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) May 22, 2019Abas said the Comelec only ruled on whether the substitution petition was submitted in time. RELATED: Comelec exec on Cardema plea: Now that party-list won, he wants to kick out his wife? "Inside Congress, Duterte Youth is now ready to fight and defend the government, our government troops, and the majority of the Filipino Youth, against all those radical leftist party-lists in Congress whose main goal is to bring down our government," he also said. Cardema's Duterte Youth was among the party-lists that former human rights commissioner Etta Rosales, Center for Youth Advocacy and Networking, Dakila, and Akbayan Youth called out at a May 9 press conference for going around the intent of the Party-list System Act.

Source: Philippine Star May 22, 2019 14:11 UTC