Duterte Youth

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The Duterte Youth, officially the Duty to Energize the Republic through the Enlightenment of the Youth Sectoral Party-list Organization,^[2] is a right-wing^[3] youth organization which supports the administration of 16th Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. They also campaigned to win a seat in the House of Representatives through party-list representation in the 2019 elections where they secured a single seat. However the group was subject of a controversy due to its nominees including Ronald Cardema not being part of the youth sector themselves.

It is led by Ronald Cardema who is the group's chairman.^[4] Cardema is also the chairman of the Kabataan for Bongbong Movement, a youth organization supporting Bongbong Marcos.^[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.^[6]

The group, due to its chosen name, has been likened to the Hitler Youth of the Nazi Party.^[7]