UNIVERSITY OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL-RECOLETOS

SCHOOL OF LAW
unorlawschl@gmail.com

DATE :
11 SEPTEMBER 2018
FOR :
CONREV040 SECTION 4L-01 STUDENTS
FROM :
J.P. VILLASOR
RE :
Legal Exercise for CONSTITUTIONAL LAW REVIEW
(CONREV040)
_____________________________________________________________

Legal Exercise:

On 4 September 2018, Malacañan announced the signing of the President of

Proclamation No. 572, series of 2018. Proclamation No. 572, Series of 2018, a
presidential issuance revoking Department of National Defense Ad Hoc Committee
Resolution No. 2 (#1) dated January 31, 2011. It should be noted that this Proclamation
was signed on August 31, 2018, before the President’s official vistis to Israel and Jordan,
and duly-published on 4 September 2018.

Specifically, Proclamation No. 572, Series of 2018, revoked the amnesty granted to
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, "effective immediately,” declaring it void ab initio for “non-
compliance with the minimum requirements set forth in the Amnesty Proclamation.”

In this issuance, the President ordered the Department of Justice and the Armed Forces
of the Philippines (AFP) "to pursue all criminal and administrative cases" against
Senator Trillanes in relation to the Oakwood mutiny and the Manila Peninsula incident,
which happened in 2003 and 2007, respectively. The President also ordered the
Philippine National Police (PNP) and the AFP "to employ all lawful means to apprehend"
Trillanes so that he can be recommitted to his previous detention facility, the PNP
Custodial Center.

In January 2011, Trillanes, who was then a duly-elected senator of the Republic, formally
applied for amnesty – within the application period. He was included in the list of
officers and soldiers officially granted amnesty that same month.

Your law office has been engaged to provide legal services to Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.
You are a member of the legal team who has been assigned to this case.

In not more than 2,500 words, printed on legal-size paper (8.5 x 13), draft a
Memorandum of Law discussing the relevant legal issues, as well as the applicable law
and jurisprudence regarding the issuance of Proclamation No. 572, Series of 2018, dated
31 August 2018.

You should submit your Memorandum of Law to the School of Law Office not later than
5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 September 2018. We will conduct Constitutional Law Review
class from 5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 18 September 2018.

Background material on the aforementioned case is provided as follows:

Proclamation No. 75, s. 2010

http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2010/11/24/proclamation-no-75-s-2010/
Proclamation No. 572, s. 2018
http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2018/08aug/20180831-PROC-572-
RRD.pdf
Department of National Defense Ad Hoc Committee Resolution No. 2 (#1) dated January
31, 2011
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1028725/look-dnd-resolution-on-trillanes-amnesty-
application
TIMELINE: Government Gaps, Retractions in Voiding Trillanes Amnesty
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/211524-timeline-gaps-retractions-trillanes-
amnesty