BY MARK MERUEÑAS, GMA NEWS
Amid the public attention following her historic appointment as the country's first female top judge, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno declined media interviews, saying the Supreme Court (SC) must bring back its "golden days of dignified silence."
In her first official statement since ascending to the highest judicial post, Sereno acknowledged the media's "important role as a natural ally" for transparency.
However, she still declined media interviews to "minimize susceptibility to misinterpretation" of the high court's actions.
That policy is a marked difference from the relative accessibility of her predecessor. During his more than two-year stint as chief justice, Renato Corona occasionally gave interviews to the media, especially soon after his controversial appointment in 2010 by former President Gloria Arroyo and in the weeks leading up to his conviction and ouster last May by the Senate impeachment court. Corona had even attacked other justices in media interviews.
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