The lower court had ruled in November 2016 that Mwanakatwe had used government resources in her campaign bribery and violence to defeat the United Party for National Development candidate Charlotte Scott who is married to former Acting President and PF co-founder Guy Scott...
The situation resembles that of Sata who died in office and was succeeded despite determined efforts to stop it by Lungu and others by Guy Scott the Vice President who cannot now constitutionally be removed against his or her will except by parliament and for cause...
When Sata died in October 2014 Lungu refused to hand over power to the then Vice-President Guy Scott as the constitution required (AC Vol 55 No 22 Fights before the funeral)...
'There will be some votes based on the Sonta principle but it's not enough to overcome the people's hunger to vote PF out ' said the former Acting President Guy Scott...
Scott denialAfter Sata's death in 2014 Zulu re-entered high PF circles as he emerged as a crucial source of funds for Lungu's campaign to take over the party leadership after the then Acting President Guy Scott who had been Sata's Vice-President denied Lungu access to public funds...
Several important figures in the Patriotic Front have defected to the opposition UPND among them Guy Scott the former Vice President who took over the top job briefly after the death of his friend and ally President Michael Sata...
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Sampa is also close to former Vice-President Guy Scott and to Sata's widow Christine Kaseba-Sata...
Former Vice-President Guy Scott who was part of the PF's more radical strand which is sometimes called 'the cartel' and included President Michael Sata and former PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba said that Sampa felt 'humiliated' that top cabinet positions had been given to close associates of Banda...
Kabimba was part of what his enemies called the 'cartel' a group of left of centre figures most in the PF grouped around Sata including former Acting President Guy Scott Fred M'membe of The Post and the suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito (AC Vol 56 No 12 Prosecuting the prosecutor)...
It would be seen as the final victory of Lungu and his supporters against the so-called Cartel which included M'membe Wynter Kabimba – who has now formed his own Rainbow Party – Guy Scott Mutembo Nchito's brother Nchima Nchito and Sata's former Spokesman George Chellah...