Contractor-couple Curlee and Sarah Discaya will no longer cooperate with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure, ICI Executive Director Brian Hosaka said on Wednesday.

“They are now saying they will no longer appear before the commission and cooperate,” Hosaka said.

Hosaka said the couple had believed their cooperation would help them secure a favorable recommendation from the commission to be taken in as state witnesses.

“They explained that they were thinking that when they cooperated with the ICI, they would be getting a favorable recommendation from the commission to be state witnesses,” he added.

The Discayas arrived at the ICI office in Taguig City for the continuation of closed-door hearings on the alleged anomalous flood control projects. Curlee was first to arrive, followed shortly by Sarah. It was their third appearance before the commission.

The couple is among several contractors implicated in the alleged multibillion-peso flood control scam.

Last week, the Bureau of Internal Revenue filed multiple tax complaints with the Department of Justice against the Discayas and a corporate officer over an estimated P7.1 billion in unpaid taxes from 2018 to 2021.