WHEN the House of Representatives’ committee on justice released the Commission on Audit’s (COA) April 10, 2026 decision upholding the P73.28-million disallowance against the Office of the Vice President, the reaction was swift and predictably political. Allies of Vice President Sara Duterte cried harassment. Critics called it vindication. Lost in the noise was a more important story — one about an institution, a process, and the painstaking machinery of fiscal accountability that most Filipinos never see until it lands on