PBBM to revoke Zaldy Co's passport if charges filed over anomalous flood control projects

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated he will revoke the passport of former lawmaker Zaldy Co if criminal charges are filed against him for alleged anomalous flood control projects.

Marcos explained that the passport cancellation cannot be made yet as no case has been filed, but assured that the government will immediately cancel it if there are sufficient grounds.

The investigation is reportedly focusing on 80 flood control projects, including a P289.5 million road dike project, linked to companies associated with Co.

Co, who chaired the appropriations committee, has been at the center of probes into allegedly non-existent or substandard flood control projects.

The Ombudsman previously said criminal charges against Co would be filed in two weeks, and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure recommended filing graft, malversation, and falsification charges against him and other Department of Public Works and Highways officials.

Co, who went abroad for medical reasons, has yet to return to the country amid the ongoing investigation, and his legal counsel claims the Ombudsman has prejudged his client, while Co has consistently denied the accusations.