Pangilinan to sue alleged ex-bagmen of Zaldy Co for slander

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday said the supposed former employees of former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co will face the court for slander that he intends to file against them.

Earlier, in a press conference led by former congressman Mike Defensor, the “ex-bagmen” showed photos of Co’s supposed employees from Misibis Aviation and Development Corporation posing with Pangilinan’s wife and actress Sharon Cuneta, while the senator stood on one side.

“Because you, through your open forum about the suitcases allegedly linked to billions of pesos stolen from the public treasury, have implicated my family, you will now face something that is neither an insinuation, an allegation, nor a spectacle — in court,” Pangilinan said in a statement.

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He continued: “You will be held accountable for the slander you have committed.”

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During the press conference, the bagmen named several politicians to whom they claimed to have delivered money in suitcases.Pangilinan, though he was seen in the photos presented, was not explicitly tagged as a recipient of the suitcases.

The senator called the claims of the supposed employees of Co “insinuations,” adding that their statements “have no basis.”

Pangilinan also noted that he was included in the discussion “to stain my reported appointment as chairperson of the Senate Blue Ribbon Subcommittee that will investigate the flood-control scam.” /apl

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