SET Case No. 001-19 (REYMAR R. MANSILUNGAN, Petitioner, vs. AQUILINO “KOKO” PIMENTEL, III, Respondent)SET Case No. 002-19 (EFREN A. ADAN, Petitioner, vs. AQUILINO “KOKO” PIMENTEL, III, Respondent)
Quo Warranto: These consolidated petitions for quo warranto sought to declare respondent Senator Aquilino “Koko” L. Pimentel, III ineligible for the position of Senator for the 2019-2025 Senatorial term on the ground that he already exhausted the two-term limit for Senators under Section 4, Article VI of the 1987 Constitution.
Status: In a Decision promulgated on 03 June 2020, the Tribunal dismissed the consolidated petitions for quo warranto for lack of merit. In the same Decision, the Tribunal referred to the Office of the Secretary the matter of amending the 2013 SET Rules to conform to prevailing jurisprudence for deliberation and approval of the Tribunal Members pursuant to Rule 88 thereof.
Thereafter, petitioner Reymar R. Mansilungan filed a motion for reconsideration, which was denied by the Tribunal in a Resolution promulgated on 14 September 2020. Petitioner, Efren A. Adan, did not file a motion for reconsideration. Accordingly, the Decision became final and executory as to petitioner Efren A. Adan on 26 June 2020 and as to petitioner Reymar R. Mansilungan on 13 October 2020.