On Saturday, Vicente Sanchez Baret, the PRD party president, former Customs director and one of the strongest supporters of President Hipolito Mejia’s re-election, was reported to have announced his resignation from the political organization, along with his family. His wife was the Minister of Women’s Affairs during the Mejia government. While in his written resignation the reasons are not stated, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfredo Pacheco, said that the resignation came after Pacheco introduced a motion to publicize findings made in extensive consultations with PRD members. These findings, reports El Caribe, condemn President Mejia’s attempt to be re-elected and perceive the past administration as corrupt. Tony Raful, who will act as president in view of Sanchez’s resignation, said these opinions would be released on Thursday. Sanchez Baret had opposed releasing the findings and a decision to this end had been reached in a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the party held over the weekend in Boca Chica.