Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III

Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III
The Honorable ; Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III
	Senator Koko Pimentel
Senator of the Philippines
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; August 11, 2011
Senate Committee Chairmanships
Chair of the Senate Committee on ; Foreign Relations
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; July 23, 2019
Preceded by	Loren Legarda
Chair of the Senate Committee on ; Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; May 25, 2018
Preceded by	Juan Miguel Zubiri
Chair of the Senate Committee on ; Electoral Reforms and People's Participation
	In office; July 24, 2018 –July 22, 2019
Preceded by	Leila de Lima
Succeeded by	Imee Marcos
Chair of the Senate Committee on ; Justice and Human Rights
	In office; July 22, 2013 –July 25, 2016
Preceded by	Francis Escudero
Succeeded by	Leila de Lima
28th President of the Senate of the Philippines
	In office; July 25, 2016 –May 21, 2018
Preceded by	Franklin Drilon
Succeeded by	Tito Sotto
National Youth Commission Commissioner for Mindanao
	In office; 1996–1998
Personal details
Born	Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III; January 20, 1964 (age 55); Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Political party	PDP–Laban (1990–present)
Spouse(s)	Kathryna Yu-Pimentel (m. 2018)
Children	2
Parents	Aquilino Pimentel Jr. ; Lourdes de la Llana-Pimentel
Alma mater	Ateneo de Manila University (B.S.); University of the Philippines Diliman (LL.B.)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer and Lecturer
Net worth	₱18 million (2017) [1]

Last updated July 31, 2019

Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III (born January 20, 1964), commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is a Filipino politician and legislator who is currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. He previously became the 28th Senate President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2018.^[2]^[3] He is also the current president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban). As the eldest son and third child of the former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., he is the first child of a previous Senate president to hold the post.^[4] He was sworn in on August 12, 2011 and proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election.^[5]

The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress; the House of Representatives is the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large with the country as one district under plurality-at-large voting.

The President of the Senate of the Philippines, or more popularly known as the Senate President, is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines, and third highest and most powerful official in the Government of the Philippines. He/she is elected by the entire body to be their leader. The Senate President is second in line in succession for the presidency, behind the Vice President of the Philippines and in front of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan, more commonly known as PDP–Laban, is the ruling political party in the Philippines.

Early life and education

Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III was born on January 20, 1964 in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.^[6]^[7] His parents are Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and Lourdes de la Llana-Pimentel. His father was a lawyer and dean of law at Xavier University at the time of his birth. The elder Pimentel eventually became a senator.^[7]

Cagayan de Oro, officially the City of Cagayan de Oro or simply referred to as CDO, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 675,950 people.

Dean is a title employed in academic administrations such as colleges or universities for a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, over a specific area of concern, or both. Deans are common in private preparatory schools, and occasionally found in middle schools and high schools as well.

A law school is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction.

Pimentel earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Ateneo de Manila University and his Bachelor of Laws from University of the Philippines College of Law.^[6]^[7] He topped the 1990 Philippine Bar Examinations with a score of 89.85 percent.^[8]

The Ateneo de Manila University, also known as simply Ateneo de Manila or Ateneo, is a private Roman Catholic Jesuit research university in Quezon City, Philippines. Founded in 1859 by the Society of Jesus, Ateneo is the third-oldest university in the Philippines.

Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate law degree in England and most common law jurisdictions—except the United States and Canada— which allows a person to become a lawyer. It historically served this purpose in the U.S. as well, but was phased out in the mid-1960s in favour of the Juris Doctor degree, and Canada followed suit. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in Scotland and South Africa.

University of the Philippines College of Law law school of the University of the Philippines

The University of the Philippines College of Law is the law school of the University of the Philippines Diliman. Formally established in 1911, it is the third oldest continually-operating law school in the Philippines and is generally considered to be one of the most prestigious in the country. Since 1948, it has been located in UP Diliman in Quezon City, the flagship of the University of the Philippines System's eight constituent universities. Until the 1970s, night classes of the college were conducted in UP Manila. Beginning in 2016, classes are also being held at the UP Bonifacio Global City campus in Taguig, which is an extension campus of UP Diliman.

Early career

Pimentel began working as a lawyer in 1990, and was commissioner (representing Mindanao) on the National Youth Commission from 1995 to 1998. He was a professor for the University of the East College of Law from 2007 to 2010 and also for the MBA-JD Program of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business and Far Eastern University Institute of Law from 2006 until his election to the senate in August 2011.^[6] He was conferred Doctor of Humanities honoris causa by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines on May 18, 2012.^[9]

Mindanao or still commonly known as Southern Philippines, is the second-largest island in the Philippines. Mindanao and the smaller islands surrounding it make up the island group of the same name. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, as of the 2010 census, the main island was inhabited by 20,281,545 people, while the entire Mindanao island group had an estimated total of 25,537,691 (2018) residents.

The National Youth Commission, also known as the NYC, is a government agency in the Philippines that specifically addresses issues surrounding the Filipino youth. It was founded on June 30, 1995, via Republic Act 8044 or the Youth in Nation-Building Act.

The University of the East College of Law or UE Law is the law school of the University of the East, a private, non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines.

Political career

2001 election

Pimentel ran for Cagayan de Oro City mayor in the 2001 elections but lost to Vicente Emano.^[10]

Legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2001 Independent candidate Noli de Castro, a former television anchor of TV Patrol of ABS-CBN was announced as the topnotcher. This is the first synchronized national and local elections held after the ouster of Former President Joseph Estrada in January due to a military-backed civilian uprising. On February 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Former Senator Gregorio Honasan lost in the 2001 Philippine elections and lost to Sen. Ralph Recto but declared constitutional the special election for the remaining three-year term of Teofisto Guingona.

Vicente "Dongkoy" Yap Emano was a Filipino politician and was the mayor of the city of Cagayan de Oro from 1998 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2013; he was the mayor of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental from 1980 to 1983, governor of the province from 1986 to 1995 and Vice Mayor of Cagayan de Oro city from 2007 to 2010. His son "Bambi" is the current Governor of Misamis Oriental.

2007 election

Running in only his second race in the May 14, 2007 senatorial elections, Pimentel was narrowly defeated by Bukidnon Congressman Miguel Zubiri for the 12th and last slot in the Philippine Senate. The narrow margin of 18,372 votes was controversial, particularly the votes from the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, where Pimentel had lost heavily to Zubiri.^[11]

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Bukidnon is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is the city of Malaybalay. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte. According to the 2015 census, the province is inhabited by 1,415,226 residents. It is the third largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction behind Palawan and Isabela respectively.

Maguindanao is a province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Since 2014 the provincial capital is Buluan but the legislative branch of the provincial government, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, convenes in the old provincial capitol in the town of Sultan Kudarat. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and the Illana Bay to the west.

Electoral protest

In Philippine senatorial elections, the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes nationwide are elected. In the 2007 elections, Pimentel (Genuine Opposition) and Juan Miguel Zubiri (TEAM Unity) contested the 12th seat.^[12]^[13]

In the final tally for the 2007 senatorial elections by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Zubiri narrowly defeated Pimentel for the 12th and last seat in the Senate. Zubiri had a total of 11,005,866 votes against Pimentel's 10,984,347 votes.^[12] On July 14, 2007, Zubiri was proclaimed as the 12th winning senator.^[13]

Claiming fraudulent votes in 22 municipalities of Maguindanao, 7 in Lanao del Norte, 3 in Shariff Kabunsuan, 2 in Basilan, 2 in Sultan Kudarat, 4 in Lanao del Sur, and 4 in Sulu, Pimentel petitioned the Supreme Court to issue a restraining order against the proclamation of Zubiri. With the vote tied at 7–7, the Supreme Court dismissed Pimentel's petition. But then-Chief Justice Reynato Puno was among the seven justices who favored Pimentel's petition.^[14]^[15]

On July 14, 2007, Pimentel filed an electoral protest to the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET). After finding grounds for a recount, the SET proceeded with the protest.^[16]

On July 2011, former Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol and suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan revealed that there was massive election fraud during the 2007 election.^[17]

On August 11, 2011, the Senate Electoral Tribunal released the final tally: Pimentel got 10,898,786 votes while Zubiri got 10,640,620.^[18] Prior to this, on August 3, 2011, Zubiri resigned from the Senate; however, he reiterated that he was not involved in the 2007 electoral fraud.^[19]

On August 11, 2011, Pimentel was proclaimed by the Senate Electoral Tribunal as the rightful winner of the 12th senate seat.^[20] In August 12, Pimentel took his oath of office before his supporters in Mati, Davao Oriental, where he received a high number of votes.^[21]

2013 election

Pimentel was included in the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) coalition's shortlist of senatorial candidates for the 2013 election. However, citing UNA's senatorial slate now having more than twelve members and the inclusion of his longtime political rival, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Pimentel officially declined his spot in the UNA coalition on June 28, 2012.^[22] Instead, Pimentel ran under the Team PNoy coalition, composed mostly of supporters of then-President Benigno Aquino III.^[23] Pimentel was elected to the Senate of the Philippines, placing eighth with 14,725,114 votes.^[24]

Senate President (2016–2018)

On July 25, 2016, the opening day of the 17th Congress of the Philippines, Pimentel was elected as Senate President with 20 out of 23 senators voting in his favor.^[25] He, along with his father Aquilino Pimentel Jr., is the only father-and-son tandem being elected as Senate President in Philippine History (the elder Pimentel served as Senate President from November 13, 2000 to July 23, 2001).^[26] Pimentel resigned on May 21, 2018, in order to focus on his reelection bid in the 2019 and is succeeded by Majority Leader Tito Sotto.

Personal life

In May 2013, Pimentel met chef Kathryna Yu, and they married in October 2018 at the Coconut Palace. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio officiated the wedding, while President Rodrigo Duterte, Secretary Bong Go, Senate President Tito Sotto, Senator Manny Pacquiao and former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez were principal sponsors. Yu currently heads PDP Cares, the humanitarian arm of PDP-Laban.^[27]^[28]^[29]

His sister, Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana was appointed in 2015 as a commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights.^[30]

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↑ Lardizabal. C. (July 26, 2016). Koko Pimentel elected as Senate President of 17th Congress. CNN Philippines.
↑ Pimentel elected as Senate president. (July 25, 2016). The Philippine Star.
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1 2 Legaspi, Amita (July 12, 2007). "Without TRO, Zubiri proclaimed 12th senator on Saturday". GMA News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
↑ SC paves way for Zubiri proclamation. Inquirer.net. Retrieved on August 12, 2011.
↑ Mendez, Christina (August 7, 2007). "Pimentel inhibits self from son's election protest". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
↑ Linda Jumilla Tribunal finds basis to proceed with Koko 2007 elections protest. abs-cbnnews. June 19, 2008
↑ Jumilla, Lynda (July 14, 2011). "Hope comes alive for Koko Pimentel". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
↑ Calonzo, Andreo (August 11, 2011). "Pimentel proclaimed 12th winning senator in '07 polls". GMA News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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↑ Koko Pimentel officially proclaimed senator, Yahoo! Philippines News, August 11, 2011, retrieved August 11, 2011
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↑ "Drilon's 12-0 agenda is for his own dreams - UNA". ABS-CBN News. February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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↑ Ager, Maila. "Koko Pimentel takes Senate presidency by 20-3 vote". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
↑ Elemia, Camille. "1st in PH history: Father, son elected Senate President (July 28, 2016)" . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
↑ Elemia, C. (December 20, 2017). Meet Pimentel's 'life partner' leading PDP-Laban's humanitarian arm. Rappler.
↑ Elemia, C. (October 18, 2018). Ninong Duterte in Koko Pimentel, Kathryna Yu wedding. Rappler.
↑ RG Cruz (October 18, 2018). Koko Pimentel weds chef Kathryna Yu. ABS-CBN News.
↑ "PNoy appoints former LP exec as new CHR chair". GMA News. June 18, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

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[1] Ager, Maila (May 17, 2018). "Cynthia Villar remains richest senator". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

[2] Lardizabal. C. (July 26, 2016). Koko Pimentel elected as Senate President of 17th Congress. CNN Philippines.

[3] Pimentel elected as Senate president. (July 25, 2016). The Philippine Star.

[4] Quismundo, T. (July 26, 2016). The son also rises: Koko Pimentel makes history. Philippine Daily Inquirer

[5] Pimentel proclaimed as senator. Sunstar.com.ph (August 4, 2011). Retrieved on 2011-08-12.

[koko-6] 1 2 3 About Koko.

[nene-7] 1 2 3 Bio Data. The Official Website of Senator Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel, Jr.

[8] Bar Topnotchers 1989-1992. ChanRobles™ Virtual Law Library.

[9] Commencement Address of Senator Koko Pimentel for Polytechnic University of the Philippines May 18, 2012

[10] MACARAIG, AYEE. "Aquilino Martin 'Koko' Pimentel III: 'It's complicated' (September 30, 2012)". Rappler. Retrieved July 29, 2016.

[11] Zubiri proclaimed 12th Senator Archived July 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Inquirer.net. Retrieved on August 12, 2011.

[result-12] 1 2 Pacheco, Marieton (March 14, 2008). "Zubiri: SC ruling on Pimentel bid seals case". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[TRO-13] 1 2 Legaspi, Amita (July 12, 2007). "Without TRO, Zubiri proclaimed 12th senator on Saturday". GMA News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[14] SC paves way for Zubiri proclamation. Inquirer.net. Retrieved on August 12, 2011.

[15] Mendez, Christina (August 7, 2007). "Pimentel inhibits self from son's election protest". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[16] Linda Jumilla Tribunal finds basis to proceed with Koko 2007 elections protest. abs-cbnnews. June 19, 2008

[17] Jumilla, Lynda (July 14, 2011). "Hope comes alive for Koko Pimentel". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[proclaimed-18] Calonzo, Andreo (August 11, 2011). "Pimentel proclaimed 12th winning senator in '07 polls". GMA News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[19] Ager, Maila (August 3, 2011). "Zubiri resigns amid poll fraud scandal". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[20] Koko Pimentel officially proclaimed senator, Yahoo! Philippines News, August 11, 2011, retrieved August 11, 2011

[21] Merueñas, Mark (August 12, 2011). "Koko Pimentel takes oath as senator". GMA News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[22] Pedrasa, Ira (June 28, 2012). "It's final: Koko won't run under UNA". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[23] "Drilon's 12-0 agenda is for his own dreams - UNA". ABS-CBN News. February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[24] Bacani, Louis (June 6, 2013). "Comelec releases final, official vote tally for Senate polls". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

[25] Ager, Maila. "Koko Pimentel takes Senate presidency by 20-3 vote". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved July 29, 2016.

[26] Elemia, Camille. "1st in PH history: Father, son elected Senate President (July 28, 2016)" . Retrieved July 29, 2016.

[27] Elemia, C. (December 20, 2017). Meet Pimentel's 'life partner' leading PDP-Laban's humanitarian arm. Rappler.

[28] Elemia, C. (October 18, 2018). Ninong Duterte in Koko Pimentel, Kathryna Yu wedding. Rappler.

[RG_Cruz-29] RG Cruz (October 18, 2018). Koko Pimentel weds chef Kathryna Yu. ABS-CBN News.

[30] "PNoy appoints former LP exec as new CHR chair". GMA News. June 18, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2017.