Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram is Acting President of Court of Appeal

Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram

Justice Minnet Hafiz-Bertram has been elevated to Acting President of the Belize Court of Appeal.  Earlier today, during a virtual swearing-in, the high court judge was administered the oath of office by Governor General Sir Colville Young.  Justice Hafiz-Bertram will remain in that capacity until further notice from the prime minister who will advise the G.G. of his appointee after meeting with Opposition Leader Patrick Faber.  Justice Hafiz-Bertram is originally from Guyana and took her seat on the bench of the Court of Appeal in 2013.  Her swearing-in was witnessed by Attorney General Magali Marin-Young.