Lawyers for Zaldy Co and co-accused appear at Sandiganbayan pretrial
Counsel for former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co and two co-accused filed a special appearance before the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division during former House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s plunder pretrial.
On Friday, attorneys Gabrielle Rondain-Kapunan and Harvey Padilla represented Zaldy Co, who remains at large, and two other alleged co-accused in the Romualdez case. The appearance was made before the anti-graft court’s Third Division, chaired by Associate Justice Karl Miranda, in Manila. The case involves alleged kickbacks amounting to P7.44 billion. The lawyers’ filing was a procedural step in the ongoing plunder proceedings against Romualdez.
Why it matters
The filing shows ongoing legal action in a high-profile graft case involving senior political figures in the Philippines.
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