Duterte Youth

[5] On October 13, 2020, in a vote of 4–1, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted the nominee of Duterte Youth partylist, Ducielle Marie Suarez-Cardema, a certificate of proclamation in relation to the 2019 midterm polls.

[8] The group held its first rally on November 25, which coincided with protests against the burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, in order to express its support for Duterte.

[9] Cardema acknowledged that his group has been likened to the Hitler Youth of the Nazi Party but emphasized that the German organization had existed in a "different generation, [on] a different continent, in a different context".

[11] Six of the seven members of the Comelec decided to give "due course" or deliberate further on Cardema's bid and four others[12] accepted the withdrawal of Duterte Youth's five initial nominees.

[12] Cardema's bid was criticized by Senator Panfilo Lacson who said that the Duterte Youth partylist and its leader "are one of the many reasons" that the party-list representation system has become a "joke".

[5] When the group reportedly announced their recruitment plans, the youth organization said that they will help secure the presidency of Duterte against plots to oust him, as well as help the police and military detain criminals.

[21] In 2024, the Supreme Court barred Guanzon from taking her congressional office by nullifying her nomination, citing grave abuse of discretion by COMELEC in approving her substitution past the designated deadline.

The High Tribunal also granted Duterte Youth's petition to declare null and void Rosalie J. Garcia, Cherie B. Belmonte-Lim, Donnabel C. Tenorio, and Rodolfo B. Villar's nominations.