Dean Agabin, Prof. Hilbay: Effect of voiding amnesty on the rule of law Legal lesson 2: Effect of voiding amnesty on the  rule of law and teaching of the Constitution Heavyweights in  Constitutional Law, Dean Pacifico Agabin and Professor Florin Hilbay, express alarm with the reasoning of a Makati Trial Court judge in upholding Presidential Proclamation 572. The proclamation voids an amnesty granted seven years ago to Senator Antonio Trillanes. In an in-depth interview on ANC’s Early Edition program, Dr. Agabin explains in clear terms the object of amnesty, the principle of res judicata, the need to “first thresh out” if the proclamation was…