Manila, Oct. 1 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a Certificate of Finality on the disqualification case against the Duty to Energize the Republic through the Enlightenment of the Youth Sectoral Party List Organization, also known as Duterte Youth Partylist.

In a resolution released Tuesday night, the Commission En Banc noted the decision of the Commission Second Division wherein it found that Duterte Youth Partylist's registration is "void ab initio" or void from the beginning for failure to comply with the publication and hearing requirements, which are jurisdictional in nature.

Likewise, it found that the organization committed several other grounds for the cancellation of its party registration, which include the fo...