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Senator urges use of UN treaty to catch former Rep. Zaldy Co
Business World Philippines
|December 15, 2025
THE PHILIPPINE government can harness the United Nations’ (UN) anti-corruption treaty to track down a former congressman linked to the multibillion-peso flood control scandal, a senator said.
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In a statement on Sunday, Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said that the government can utilize the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) to locate and arrest ex-Party-list Rep. Elizaldy “Zaldy” S. Co.
“One option the Philippine government may explore is to tap the UNCAC, where we are a signatory,” he added. “If we tap the resources of 191 other countries, you can imagine how our efforts to locate and arrest Co will be easier.”
Mr. Co’s legal counsel did not immediately reply to a Viber message seeking comment.
Mr. Co, a former House Appropriations Committee chairman, has been implicated in anomalous flood control projects. He has been abroad since the scandal broke out.
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