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Kabataan Rep. Co on Duterte Youth: 'Di naman nila nirerepresenta ang kabataan'

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Kevin Alabaso

ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Kabataan Representative-elect Renee Co said Wednesday &quot;genuine&quot; youth representation should be present in the House of Representatives, as she questioned Duterte Youth party-lists&#x27;s sectoral representation.This, after the Duterte Youth filed a petition before the Supreme Court for a temporary restraining order against Comelec&#x27;s suspension of its proclamation.&quot;We leave it to the hands of the Supreme Court na makita natin sana na due exercise of authority lang ng Comelec &#x27;yung ginawa sa pag-suspend dahil [nadagdagan] &#x27;yung number of disqualification cases against Duterte Youth na tama naman na may legal basis and sa bahagi ng mga sektor ng kabataan, may political basis kasi hindi naman nila nire-representa ang kabataan,&quot; Co said in an interview with TeleRadyo Serbisyo&#x27;s Ano&#x27;ng Take Mo.According to Co, the Duterte Youth may have &quot;youth&quot; in their party-list name but they do not represent young Filipinos.&quot;It&#x27;s high time na nasa spotlight ang youth issues, nasa spotlight &#x27;yung kahirapan ng pagiging kabataan and ang kailangan genuine youth representation, genuine youth voices and legislation campaigns ang nasa spotlight and hindi &#x27;yung ginagawa ng Duterte Youth na red-tagging lang, and even kung makikita natin &#x27;yung track record nila, patsi-patsi lang &#x27;yung bills na pinapasa and hindi productive sa loob ng Kongreso,&quot; she said.Co said that the party-list system in the country should legitimately represent marginalized and underrepresented sectors — to which she questioned what Duterte Youth represents.&quot;Ang party-list system ay dapat vehicle for marginalized and underrepresented sectors to have a voice in Congress. Pero ano ba ang Duterte Youth? They don&#x27;t represent the youth or the young professionals. Si Duterte ba ang constituency base ng Duterte Youth,&quot; she said.

'They don't represent the youth or the young professionals. Si Duterte ba ang constituency base ng Duterte Youth?'

'They don't represent the youth or the young professionals. Si Duterte ba ang constituency base ng Duterte Youth?'