Rowena Guanzon (File photo) MANILA - The Duterte Youth party-list filed a petition before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, questioning the validity of the late substitution of former elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon as the new first nominee of the Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD), a winning party-list group. In seeking a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction against the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Duterte Youth party-list Rep. Ducielle Cardema claimed the substitution is "a deliberate attempt to defraud the electorate and to create the impression that there is no more option but to allow the new substituting first nominee to sit in Congress or else their vote will be disenfranchised". National Youth Commission Chair Ronald Cardema joined the filing of the petition for certiorari to stop Comelec from issuing a certificate of proclamation to Guanzon. The Cardemas noted that Guanzon's substitution violates Comel
MANILA-Duterte Youth Party-list Rep. Ducielle Cardema on Friday filed a formal opposition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the late substitution of former Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon as the new first nominee of the winning party-list group of the Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD). In a letter addressed to Comelec Executive Director Bartolome Sinocruz Jr., Cardema lodged her objection to Guanzon's substitution as it violates the Comelec rules on the deadline of substitution, as well as the Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards of Public Officials and Employees. Cardema noted that the P3PWD Party-List filed its new substitution documents way beyond the Comelec Substitution Deadline of November 15, 2021 in cases of voluntary withdrawal and beyond the added Comelec Substitution Deadline of May 9, 2022, or during election day, in rare cases of death or incapacity. "Comelec cannot violat