Discaya camp shrugs off Sotto’s appeal to Comelec to take action vs her
From left: Election lawyer Atty. Romulo Macalintal, Commision on Elections chairman George Erwin Garcia and Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto. Sotto personally gave Garcia a copy of his letter regarding his concerns on the alleged links of election rival Sarah Discaya to election systems provider Miru. PHOTO FROM ATTY ROMY MACALINTAL
MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Pasig mayoral aspirant Sarah Discaya on Monday shrugged off Mayor Vico Sotto’s appeal to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify her.
Discaya’s legal counsel Atty. Raymund Mendoza was asked for his comment after Sotto submitted a formal letter to the Comelec questioning Discaya’s alleged ties to a firm that had a joint venture with Miru Systems Co. Ltd.
READ: Sotto: Discaya firm’s past link to poll service provider a DQ ground
“Opinion nila yun, then sumulat sila sa Comelec, let’s wait for Comelec to answer,” Mendoza told INQUIRER.net over the phone.
(That’s their opinion, then they wrote to the Comelec, let’s wait for the Comelec to answer.)
“Basta kami tuloy-tuloy kami; wala kaming mga extra na plano. Comelec po ang sasagot diyan,” he added.
(We will continue doing what we are doing; we don’t have extra plans. Comelec will answer that.)
Mendoza also said they have yet to receive any letter from the Comelec so far about the matter.
Sotto said Discaya is an owner and chief financial officer of St Gerrard Construction General Contractor and Development Corporation, which, he claimed, is an “alter-ego” of St. Timothy Construction Corporation.
St Timothy, Sotto said, is among the joint venture partners of Miru Systems Co. Ltd., which is contracted to price the automated election system for the 2025 polls.
St. Timothy Construction Corporation withdrew from the Miru Joint Venture earlier this month.
READ: Comelec: Local firm in Miru Joint Venture for 2025 polls withdraws
“The withdrawal of St. Timothy as a Joint Venture partner Miru may no longer save the day for Sara Discaya,” Sotto said in his letter.
“Instead, such withdrawal may constitute an admission of the presence of a serious conflict of interest should Sarah Discaya pursue her candidacy,” he added.
