Ronald Cardema was appointed by the President as chair of the NYC in 2018. At the time, he was already the head of the Duterte Youth movement. Thus, when he submitted his bid for substitution on May 12, he was deemed automatically resigned from his position as chair of the NYC, and the NYC meeting that he reportedly presided over on May 15 can be grounds for the filing of charges against him. The fact that he also used his position as NYC chair to campaign for Duterte Youth and other Duterte-endorsed candidates is also a possible election offense.