DFA awaiting court order to cancel Zaldy Co's passport

Updated Mon, November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM Published Fri, November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has not yet received a court order to cancel the passport of former Ako Bicol Representative Zaldy Co, who is facing graft and malversation charges.

Arrest warrants were issued by the Sandiganbayan against Co and 15 others for alleged anomalies in a P289.5-million flood control project in Oriental Mindoro.

The DFA can only cancel a passport upon receiving a court order as stipulated by the New Philippine Passport Act.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the immediate enforcement of the arrest warrants.

Co, who denied the allegations, is reportedly abroad and is the subject of an Interpol blue notice.

His passport remains active as no court order for its cancellation has been issued to the DFA.

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