Comelec rejects Duterte Youth party-list's registration

Published on August 30, 2025 | By Jersey Lois M. Dela Rosa

𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙇𝘼, 𝙋𝙃𝙄𝙇𝙄𝙋𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙎 -- Commision on Election (Comelec) rejects the registration of Duterte Youth as an official party-list of the Philippines on August 29.

Five commissioners voted to uphold the cancellation of the party-list's registration 5-1 one did not participate and one dissents.

The Comelec Second Division voided its registration from the start in June, 2025.

The Comelec Second Division also stated the party-list's failure to prove regarding their compliance within the jurisdictional requirements, leading to their party-list's registration to be voided.

"Inasmuch as Duterte Youth failed to prove compliance with the jurisdictional requirements of publication and hearing, its registration as a party-list organization is void," according to the Comelec Second Division.

The Duterte Youth party-list place as 2nd in the official results of the party-list election with 2,336,140 voters in May 2025, but Comelec rejects their registration as an official party-list becusse of many violations.