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===Post-war=== On May 9, 1992, a fire broke out at the town's municipal hall two days before the [[1992 Philippine general election|1992 local elections]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Burgos|first=Jun|title=No arson in Cainta Hall fire -- probers|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920706&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=October 12, 2021|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=July 6, 1992|page=15}}</ref> The Rizal Provincial Police Command concluded that the fire was accidental, having been caused by a negligent janitor, although the [[Philippine National Police|PNP]] [[Criminal Investigation and Detection Group|Criminal Investigation Service Command]] (CISC) refuted this, citing eyewitness accounts to the contrary.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burgos|first=Jun|title=CISC backs Cainta arson theory|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19920709&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=October 13, 2021|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=July 10, 1992|page=43}}</ref> By August 1993, [[Secretary of Justice (Philippines)|Secretary of Justice]] [[Franklin Drilon]] ordered the reopening of the case due to evidence found to be conflicting with the initial conclusions by a team of prosecutors at the [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Department of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lanuza|first=Angelo E.|title=Review of Cainta town hall arson ordered|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=August 4, 1993|page=4|quote=In an order signed by Executive Secretary [[Teofisto Guingona]], Drilon was directed to review the arson case the proceedings of which were 'suspiciously fraught with secrecy' for purposes of amending the information to include, based on evidence, all the respondents named by state prosecutor Leoncio Janolo...}}</ref>
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