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Garapal? Cayetano clan a 'good dynasty,' says lawyer

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1419148" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - It is the city of Taguig&#x27;s wish for the Cayetanos to seek local and national government positions, a lawyer representing the family said after his clients were called &quot;garapal&quot; or brazen.</p><p>George Garcia, legal counsel of the Cayetanos, said Thursday critics may be right in calling the family a political dynasty but the sentiment in Taguig shows they are a &quot;good kind&quot; of dynasty.</p><p>&quot;Sabihin na nating dynasty, pero magandang klase sapagkat tingnan mo naman ang nagawa nila sa Taguig. Ikumpara mo na lang ang progress ng Taguig sa ibang lugar,&quot; he told ANC.</p><p>(Sure, let&#x27;s say, they&#x27;re a dynasty. But they&#x27;re a good kind of dynasty. Just look what they did to Taguig. Compare the city&#x27;s progress to other places.)</p><p>Four Cayetanos are running in the 2019 elections. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and outgoing Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano are seeking House seats in 2 separate districts in the city.</p><p>The eldest of the Cayetanos, Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano, is seeking a comeback in the Senate while their youngest, Lino, is running for mayor to replace his sister-in-law.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/14/18/cayetanos-building-super-dynasty-in-taguig-says-lawyer">Cayetanos building &#x27;super dynasty&#x27; in Taguig, says lawyer</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Huwag naman nila ikonsider na lahat ng klase ng dynasty na porke magkakapatid, magkakapamilya ang namamahala, masama na &#x27;yan,&quot; the family&#x27;s lawyer said.</p><p>(They should not consider all dynasties bad. Just because siblings, or family members are running the government, it doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s already bad.)</p><div><strong>Lawyer says multiple residencies allowed by law</strong></div><p>A lawyer representing a Taguig voter who sought to block the Cayetano couple&#x27;s Congressional bid earlier called the family &quot;garapal&quot; or brazen for building what he calls a &quot;super dynasty.&quot;</p><p>Atty. Emilio Marañon also called out the Cayetanos for claiming to live in 2 different residences or domiciles as a married couple to justify their 2019 bid.</p><p>Garcia said the petition against his clients is &quot;shallow.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1419147" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The lawyer explained that Cayetano&#x27;s &quot;domicile of origin&quot; remains in the first district of Taguig even though his conjugal domicile is in the second district, the original domicile of his wife Lani.</p><p>He said the law does not require Cayetano to be in his original domicile of origin 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.</p><p>&quot;[It&#x27;s] not only because we wanted to take advantage of the law, but because that is the wish of the people of Taguig,&quot; said Garcia, the decision should be left in the hands of the people in 2019.</p><p>&quot;We should not underestimate ang kagustuhan ng tao. Ang kagustuhan ng tao, ang mga Cayetano. So anong magagawa natin?&quot; he stressed.</p><p>(We should not underestimate the wish of the people. The people want the Cayetanos. What can we do?)</p><p>He said the people who want to dethrone the Cayetanos from Taguig should just defeat them in the elections.</p>

<p>It is the city of Taguig's wish for the Cayetanos to seek local and national government positions, a lawyer representing the family insists after his clients were called 'garapal' or brazen.</p><p> </p>

It is the city of Taguig's wish for the Cayetanos to seek local and national government positions, a lawyer representing the family insists after his clients were called 'garapal' or brazen.