DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Moises Ferrer Landron, Pilar Jimenez Ortiz and Manuel Alexis Read Ortiz / Diario Libre

After a delay of more than a month, the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) has published the minutes of its evaluation meetings on its official website, detailing the rationale behind the controversial decision, Diario Libre reports. The documents provide a comprehensive look at the process used to assess the performances in the three cases of judges that were not confirmed.

President Luis Abinader used his deciding vote to untie the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) in the cases of Pilar Jimenez Ortiz and Moises Ferrer Landron who sought to be confirmed for a second term. Performance considerations were cited.

There was a vote of six against and two in favor in the case of Manuel Alexis Read Ortiz who had only two years to reach retirement age...