THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the cancelation of the Duterte Youth party-list’s registration is final and immediately executory, barring its entry to the 20th Congress. “The Commission En Banc resolved to deny the Motion for Reconsideration of the Duterte Youth Partylist and affirmed the Resolution of the Commission Second Division in cancelling Duterte Youth’s party-list registration,” the Comelec said in a statement Wednesday. The Comelec en banc found the party-list’s registration void ab initio, or right from the beginning, due to noncompliance with mandatory publication and hearing requirements, deemed jurisdictional. It also cited other grounds for cancelation, including untruthful statements in its petition, lack of bona fide intention to represent its sector, and advocacy of violence or unlawful means to achieve its objectives. — Erika Mae P. Sinaking