Sentido Comun – Constructor Urbanizadora Ixtapan (Cuisa), the company at the middle of a scandal over possible influence peddling by President Enrique Pena Nieto, said construction contracts won in the State of Mexico when the president was governor or which were gained during the current administration were selected because they were better from a technical and economic standpoint compared to competitors and not to the President’s friendship with the firm’s owners.