Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1763002610193cropped-Screen Shot 2025-11-13 at 10.45.19 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and former lawmaker Zaldy Co. Courtesy of Mark Balmores, PPA pool/Zaldy Co/Facebook/File</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Thursday vowed to immediately cancel the passport of former lawmaker Zaldy Co once criminal cases are finally filed against him over his supposed role in anomalous flood control projects.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/10/10/cancellation-of-zaldy-co-passport-sought-speaker-confirms-1426">Cancellation of Zaldy Co&#x27;s passport sought, Speaker confirms</a></div><p>&quot;I think that is best directed at lawyers because that is a legal answer. The legal answer is because hindi pa nasampahan ng kaso, therefore the request for cancellation of passport cannot yet be made,&quot; Marcos said.</p><p>&quot;However, when the time comes, we will immediately cancel his passport,&quot; he added. </p><p>“That’s the procedure. You have to give grounds for the cancellation of the passport and those grounds will be based on the cases that will be filed.”</p><p>Co, the former representative of Ako Bicol party-list, <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/29/zaldy-co-resigns-as-house-representative-amid-flood-control-scandal-1600">resigned </a>as a member of the House of Representatives in September, weeks after he was tagged as among the alleged masterminds in the kickback scheme in the flood control projects.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/25/senators-call-out-dbm-s-instant-release-of-funds-for-alleged-zaldy-co-insertions-1531">Senators call out DBM&#x27;s &#x27;instant&#x27; release of funds for alleged Zaldy Co insertions</a></div><p>Co said the allegations were <a href="http://abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/23/zaldy-co-says-p35-b-insertion-kickback-allegations-against-him-false-baseless-1710">&quot;false and baseless,&quot;</a> adding that he reserves his right to respond before the proper forum.</p><p>Marcos did not give a direct answer when asked if his administration was open to naming Co as a state witness.</p><p>“That option is always there except for…the most guilty,” he said.</p><p>When asked if he thought that his former ally was the most guilty in the so-called “Philippines’ biggest corruption scandal,” the President said: “I don’t want [to answer]. Kapag sinagot kita sasabihin niyo pre-judged. Let the courts do their work, let the judges do their work.”</p><p>Marcos said he expected nearly 40 government officials and contractors linked to the corruption mess to be<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/13/marcos-flood-corruption-suspects-to-be-jailed-before-christmas-1046"> jailed “before Christmas,” </a>but he did not explicitly say if Co was included in that list.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/12/ici-zeroes-in-on-80-flood-control-projects-linked-to-firms-named-by-marcos-1606">ICI zeroes in on 80 flood control projects linked to firms named by Marcos</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/5/zaldy-co-had-p4-1-b-net-worth-when-he-entered-the-house-in-2019-lawyer-2104">Zaldy Co had P4.1-B net worth when he entered the House in 2019 — lawyer</a></div><div><em></em><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTz8aDj5HNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><em></em><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sl1daHU6e7M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YHoqlIpOOLk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Thursday vowed to immediately cancel the passport of former lawmaker Zaldy Co once criminal cases are finally filed against him.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Thursday vowed to immediately cancel the passport of former lawmaker Zaldy Co once criminal cases are finally filed against him.

Marcos vows to 'immediately' cancel Zaldy Co's passport once cases are filed

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Marcos vows to 'immediately' cancel Zaldy Co's passport once cases are filed

Katrina Domingo,

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 13, 2025 10:51 AM PHT

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Updated November 13, 2025 12:27 PM PHT

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