The Executive Director of Pro-Reforma and Technical Coordinator of the National Commission for Ethics and Prevention of Corruption, presented his resignation yesterday, based on disagreements with presidential decisions that he considers affect “institutionalism and non-negotiable principles”. Dr. Gustavo Montalvo, a PLD leader since the times of Juan Bosch, also resigned as National Coordinator of the Project for the Modernization and Reform of the Presidency and Liaison of the Technical Secretariat with the National Competitiveness Council. In his resignation letter he asks his fellow workers to continue struggling for “a better country, where institutionalism, principles, and democratic values reign”. His withdrawal from the government is considered a hard blow for officials committed to the fight against corruption. Clave Digital found out that the contradiction between Montalvo and the government has to do with public tenders held to choose service providers to the government which were not done with the transparency required by Montalvo.