President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. should appoint a new Ombudsman as soon as possible to speed up the prosecution of the perpetrators of anomalous flood control projects, ML party-list Representative Leila de Lima said Tuesday.
The former Justice secretary made the call a day after the Independent Commission of Infrastructure (ICI) recommended the filing of graft and malversation of public funds and falsification of public documents against former Ako Bicol congressman Zaldy Co and some Department of Public Works and Highways officials over their alleged links to the P289.5-million road dike project along the Mag-Asawang Tubig River in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.
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