00:00House Speaker Bojie D revokes the travel clearance issued by the House under the leadership of his predecessor Martin Romualdez to Ako Bicol Representative Zaldi Ko.
00:10He orders Ko to return to the Philippines within 10 days.
00:15Ko has been in the U.S. supposedly for medical treatment and is facing allegations of mangling the national budget.
00:21The order comes two days after Majority Leader Sandro Marcos urged Ko to come home and face the music.
00:26If Ko does not come home, Marcos says the party-list lawmaker might have to face the Ethics Committee.
00:33Ko has not attended any plenary session since the 20th Congress convened in July.
00:39Navota City Rep. Toby Tiangco accuses Ko of culpability in budget insertions at the BICAM level involving billions of pesos.
00:47But in a statement September 8, Ko says he
00:50vehemently denies all baseless and irresponsible accusations made against him.
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