It was reported that Ronald Cardema was reappointed by the President as NYC Commissioner. It must be recalled that we filed cases against him. In a decision dated Aug 5, 2019, he was in fact found guilty by Comelec to have misrepresented or lied under oath over his qualification.
That Cardema did not even contest that finding of the Comelec that the decision became final and executory. This entails that he accepted (and so admitted) that he deliberately and maliciously lied and misrepresented his qualifications just to sit in Congress.
Add the fact that his organisation, DUTERTE Youth, ran and participated in the 2019 party-list elections, when in fact they were NOT a registered party-list organisation as they have yet to publish their petition filed in 2018 and complete the registration process.
It be must emphasised that under Sec. 7 of RA No. 8044 (Youth in Nation-Building Act), a Commissioner of NYC must be "of good moral character." Having previously been found guilty of deliberately and maliciously lying under oath, Ronald Cardema falls short of this qualification.
The appointment is highly disappointing as there are thousands of competent young people with proven competence, integrity and good moral character who can serve the youth sector better. His appointment is not only anathemic to good governance, but sets a terrible precedent.
