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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Philippine name|Gongora|Chavez}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| party = [[Labor Party Philippines]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan]] (until 2016)<br />
| name = Melchor Chavez<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|08|06}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kidapawan City]]<br />
| spouse = Susana Pacheco Chavez<br />
}}<br />
'''Melchor "Mel" Gongora Chavez''' is a [[Filipino people|Filipino]] politician and [[perennial candidate]] and radio and print [[journalist]]. <br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chavez was born on August 6, 1951, in [[Kidapawan City]], [[Cotabato]]. <br />
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==Career==<br />
Melchor Chavez had tried to run for senator in past elections. <br />
In 1992, the Supreme Court disqualified him from running for senator. <br />
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In 1998, Comelec did not give due course to his certificate of candidacy.<br />
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In 2001, Chavez ran as the official candidate of the [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan|KBL]]; he garnered a measly 2% of the total votes cast. COMELEC allowed him to run again.<br />
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In 2004, with fellow [[Kilusang Bagong Lipunan]] candidate [[Oliver Lozano]], but allies of another Chavez—Alyansa ng Pag-Asa candidate Francisco Chavez, the same candidate who questioned Melchor’s candidacy in 1992—sought Melchor’s disqualification. [[COMELEC]] eventually declared Chavez as a [[nuisance candidate]]. <br />
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In 2016, alongside Aldin Ali, he went under the [[Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka|PMM]] ticket, where he is the leader, but again failed to win a seat in the Senate.<br />
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In 2019, Melchor Chavez tried to get a senatorial seat,<ref>{{Cite web |title = Senatorial aspirant slams Duterte's drug war, rising prices of goods |date = 11 October 2018 |url = https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/670860/senatorial-aspirant-slams-duterte-s-drug-war-rising-prices-of-goods/story/ |access-date = 3 May 2024}}</ref> but he got 39th, with 759,911 votes. <ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Philippine elections |url = https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/eleksyon2019/results/senate/ |access-date = 3 May 2024}}</ref><br />
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In 2022, Melchor Chavez ran again for Senator in the party and coalition [[Labor Party Philippines|WPP]].<ref>{{Cite web |title = PROFILE: Melchor Chavez |url=https://ph.rappler.com/elections/2022/candidates/Melchor-Chavez |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref> But he got 43rd, with 953,241 votes or 1.72% of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title = 2022 Philippine Election Results |url=https://ph.rappler.com/ |access-date = 3 May 2024}}</ref><br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
==External Links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928214243/http://www.pulitika.net/melchor-chavez/ Chavez's Profile]<br />
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[[Category:1951 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Labor Party Philippines politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Cotabato]]<br />
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