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Domingo Cayosa

Domingo Cayosa

Domingo Egon Q. Cayosa is a Filipino corporate and litigation lawyer, constitutional law expert, and former National President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (2019-2021).

Aug 28, 2026

2:33
Pero sa appreciation niyo po ng mga lumabas sa testimonya, should he testify?
2:39
It would be helpful kung mag-testify Christian pero alalahanin natin, insofar as the prosecution is concerned, malinaw na hos- magiging hostile witness itong si Colonel Lachica.
2:54
Kakampi ito ng Vice President.
2:56
Ah, he has an adverse interest dito sa interest ng prosecution at aasahan natin na he will act, ah, for the interest of the Vice President.
3:07
There is so far, we don't have any information na siya ay, ah, ah, mag- magiging star witness for the prosecution.
3:17
Malamang hostile witness ito.
3:19
So pag ganun ang sitwasyon, um, even if his testimony may be helpful, kinakailangang siguraduhin muna ng prosecution that they have other pieces of evidence, mga documentary or prior statements of, ah, Colonel Lachica with respect to the area or the topic that they would want him to testify on para makakuha sila ng pag-aamin o mga testimonya.

18 MINS LATER

21:34
Ah, yung ano roon yung threat or cataclysmic proportion.
7:35
So that in itself, was that unusual? Isang araw lahat nangyari yun for one hundred twenty-five million pesos.
7:43
Yung pagwi-withdraw, Christian, ng one hundred twenty-five million in one day or in a few hours, that's not unusual.
7:51
Uh, for, for, you know, private corporations, ah, big-time clients c-can do that.
7:56
They do, they even do more withdrawals in cash.
8:00
It is-- ang unusual dito, yung bultuhang pagkuha.
8:06
Kasi nga kung titingnan natin ang essence ng confidential fund or intelligence fund at titingnan natin yung COA circular, per project, per activity ang pagbabayad.
8:17
Hindi naman seasonal 'yan eh.

8 MINS LATER

16:13
Mm-hmm.
2:12
So far, ano po ba'ng nakikita niyo doon po sa pagbubuo ng kaso at pagpe-presenta itong, ah, prosecution team? Mas lumalakas ba o kahit papaano medyo parang lumalabo?
2:24
Well, definitely mas lumalakas yung, ah, kaso laban sa Vice President lalong-lalo na dito sa mga nakaraang, ah, few hearings na kung saan ang sinala nilang witness yung galing sa COA mismo.
2:39
We have to understand, Christian, na ang tagabantay sa kaban ng bayan, Commission on Audit, and this agency is an independent constitutional commission.
2:51
Walang kontrol dito ang, ah, political branches of government at, ah, very professional dapat ito 'no.
2:58
Ah, malinaw ho yan doon sa structure ng ating Constitution.
3:03
Kaya itong pagsasalaysay nung mga dalawang, ah, opisyal ng COA, dala ni-nila hindi lang yung personal na kanilang paningin o kaya kaalaman, kundi ito yung resulta ng trabaho ng COA as a constitutional agency.
3:21
So nakakadagdag, aside from the fact na competent naman at credible naman yung mga witnesses, nakakadagdag din yung pagiging official function nila at yung kinukuwento nila.

21 MINS LATER

24:40
Nagbanta at kumontak siya ng papatay, eh.
2:44
Doon po sa naging takbo ng, ah, ah, trial kanina, do you think these were achieved by the prosecution?
2:52
Well, by and large mukha naman 'no, naipasok naman nila yung mga ibang mga public statements ng, ah, Vice President that, ah, supports yung, ah, threat na ginawa niya 'no, at, ah, nailatag din niya yung pag-iimbestiga.
3:11
So hindi lang yung nailatag niya yung mga ebidensya, napagdugtong-dugtong niya yung mga iba't ibang ebidensya at, ah, nabigyan na ng konteksto how serious it is, ah, hindi lamang doon sa mga, ah, pinagbantaan kundi para sa gobyerno ng Republika ng Pilipinas.
3:32
Kasi inimbestigahan nila ito.
3:34
Gumugol sila ng oras at resources para imbestigahan at, ah, in-explain din niya bakit from a professional, ah, investigator's point of view at somebody in the administration of justice or even involved in, ah, security matters, ah, bakit ito mahalaga at seryoso.
3:53
So nagtagumpay naman siya at nasagot naman niya ang karamihan ng mga questions, ah, except perhaps yung mga detalye noong mga nitty-gritty ng mga dates ng affidavit which are really peripherals.

9 MINS LATER

12:51
Mm-hmm.
12:52
Na ipakita niya na hindi ho naman ito bigla na lang naming, ah, naging konklusyon o nag-file.
10:27
[laughs] Tapos may nagtanong pa, ah, sino nag-- nakausap mo ba yung nag-record ng raw file for instance? Are those even issues, hindi po ba?
10:37
Hi-hindi na nga dapat.
10:38
At ito, ah, mas mahalaga diyan, ah, Christian is it shows the fact na number one, pansinin lang ho natin yung hukom ano, mga hukom.
10:48
Number one, obvious na merong division dun sa mga hukom eh.
10:53
So baka ho pwede mag-usap-usap kayo para hindi pa kayo makakadagdag sa pangpagulo, 'di ba? Kayo mismo nag-aaway, pretty obvious at kung minsan, ah, yung iba nagga-grandstanding pa para bang pinapalabas nila mas magaling sila sa iba.
11:10
You know, if you are a collegiate court, everybody has a right.
11:14
You, you owe each other mutual respect.
14:59
Ano po ba yung tamang pagtingin?

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