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ICI bares Co’s kickback scheme
The Freeman
|October 31, 2025
Resigned lawmaker Zaldy Co’s alleged kickback scheme did not occur solely during the secretive bicameral conference committee but, according to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), started from the very beginning when the budget was proposed in the National Expenditure Program (NEP).
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Rep. Elizaldy Co (Ako Bicol Party-list) attends the House appropriation committee's budget hearing for the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the President on Sept. 9, 2024. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / RELEASED
The ICI's interim report, which was released to the media, details these findings.
Citing the testimony of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) engineer Henry Alcantara, the ICI reported that Co proposed projects through three different channels: the NEP, the bicameral conference committee (bicam) and the unprogrammed funds.
From 2022 to 2025, Co allegedly requested a 20% to 25% share from the projects he proposed.
Under the alleged scheme, Co would have received the following portions:
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