SENATOR Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel 3rd on Friday once again brushed aside the disqualification cases filed against him as he called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for their swift resolution.

Pimentel said that there were two although the second was a “copy” of the original petition that lawyer Ferdinand Topacio filed before the Comelec, saying that the senator had completed two terms starting in 2007 and should no longer be allowed to run in the 2019 midterm elections.

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