The scandal caused by the resignation of one of the most fervent members of the PLD, Gustavo Montalvo, has forced the director of the Presidential Information Technology and Communication Office (OPTIC) to accept the intervention of the National Committee of Ethics (CNE) in the bidding for the government’s new website. The fact that Montalvo was considered to be a “white knight” and a non-ambitious member of the PLD who had refused high government posts in order to work at what he knew best, spurred the CNE to “suggest” a revision of the bidding, forcing the head of OPTIC, Domingo Tavarez to accede to their proposal. The Ethics Committee is made up of Francisco Dominguez Brito, Jose Joaquin Bido Medina and Cesar Pina Toribio. Now the Ethics Committee will review all the documents connected with the bidding for the proposed government website, which, according to Montalvo, was overvalued by some US$11 million. The presiding members of the Ethics Committee, Bido Medina, Dominguez Brito and the President’s Legal Advisor, Pina Toribio had sent Tavarez an order to suspend the “bidding” back in July, but the OPTIC director had disobeyed the order. This time he had no choice but to pay attention in the face of a widespread complaint following Montalvo’s resignation.