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Less than 24 hours af­ter Ivor Archie an­nounced his in­ten­tion to re­tire as Chief Jus­tice, Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Ju­di­cia­ry wel­comed for­mer ap­pel­late judge Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh to the po­si­tion.

Boodoos­ingh was sworn in as the coun­try’s ninth Chief Jus­tice at Pres­i­dent’s House, St Ann’s, yes­ter­day.

The brief cer­e­mo­ny was at­tend­ed by the out­go­ing Archie, At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie, Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der, Chief of De­fence Staff Don Po­lo and Act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Ju­nior Ben­jamin.