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After [[Michael Sata]]'s death on 28 October 2014, Scott became acting president. The constitution of Zambia requires a new election within 90 days to permanently fill the office.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/world/africa/zambia-white-president/index.html Zambia's Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa], Faith Karimi, CNN, 29 October 2014.</ref> | After [[Michael Sata]]'s death on 28 October 2014, Scott became acting president. The constitution of Zambia requires a new election within 90 days to permanently fill the office.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/world/africa/zambia-white-president/index.html Zambia's Guy Scott makes history as white president in sub-Saharan Africa], Faith Karimi, CNN, 29 October 2014.</ref> | ||
The [[constitution of Zambia]] requires that both parents of presidential candidates are "Zambian by birth or descent", thus Scott was considered ineligible to stand in the January 2015 election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Another Zambian president dies in office. What happens now?|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/10/29/another-zambian-president-dies-in-office-what-happens-now/|accessdate=29 November 2014|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 October 2014|author=Kim Yi Dionne}}</ref> The provision was put in place by President [[Frederick Chiluba]] to prevent [[Kenneth Kaunda]] – whose father was born in what became [[Malawi]] – from becoming president.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29816559|title=BBC News – Guy Scott's rise to Zambia's presidency|work=BBC News|accessdate=5 November 2014}}</ref> However, a [[Lewanika and Others vs. Chiluba|previous judgement]] by the Zambian Supreme Court, in a similar case in 1998, could have validated him as a potential candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=After the Cobra: What does the law say about Vice-President Guy Scott?|url=http://eliasmunshya.org/2014/10/28/after-the-cobra-what-does-the-law-say-about-vice-president-guy-scott/|accessdate=29 October 2014|work=|date=28 October 2014}}</ref> Scott did not stand as a presidential candidate for the Patriotic Front. | |||
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