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Chiluba attempted to deport Kaunda on the grounds that he was a Malawian. He amended the constitution in order to stop citizens with foreign parentage from standing for the presidency, aimed at disqualifying Kaunda.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mbao|first=Melvin|title=Human Rights and Discrimination: Zambia's Constitutional Amendment, 1996|journal=Journal of African Law|year=1996|volume=42|issue=1|pages=11|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/745693|accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Guy Scott's rise to Zambia's presidency|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29816559|agency=BBC|date=29 October 2014|quote=The "parentage clause" was inserted after the advent of multi-party democracy in Zambia in 1990 by then-President Frederick Chiluba to prevent his bitter rival, Kenneth Kaunda - the first post-independence leader whose father was born in what is now Malawi, from running for office again.}}</ref> | Chiluba attempted to deport Kaunda on the grounds that he was a Malawian. He amended the constitution in order to stop citizens with foreign parentage from standing for the presidency, aimed at disqualifying Kaunda.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mbao|first=Melvin|title=Human Rights and Discrimination: Zambia's Constitutional Amendment, 1996|journal=Journal of African Law|year=1996|volume=42|issue=1|pages=11|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/745693|accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Guy Scott's rise to Zambia's presidency|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29816559|agency=BBC|date=29 October 2014|quote=The "parentage clause" was inserted after the advent of multi-party democracy in Zambia in 1990 by then-President Frederick Chiluba to prevent his bitter rival, Kenneth Kaunda - the first post-independence leader whose father was born in what is now Malawi, from running for office again.}}</ref> | ||
Some candidates in the [[Zambian presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential elections]] challenged his eligibility on these grounds, claiming that he or his real father was born in Zaire. There is, however, no doubt | Some candidates in the [[Zambian presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential elections]] challenged his eligibility on these grounds, claiming that he or his real father was born in Zaire. There is, however, no doubt that he was raised in the Copperbelt of Zambia and this contributed to his taking up of unionism. | ||
In 1997 his government survived a [[1997 Zambian coup d'état attempt|coup attempt]]. | In 1997 his government survived a [[1997 Zambian coup d'état attempt|coup attempt]]. | ||
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Chiluba can be said to have left both an economic and a political legacy.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1715419.stm "Chiluba's legacy to Zambia"], BBC News, 4 May 2007.</ref> Economically he started the process of ending Zambia's socialist command economy. He presided over various economic reforms. There are mixed feelings in Zambia on the effectiveness of the economic transformation initiated by the Chiluba government. | Chiluba can be said to have left both an economic and a political legacy.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1715419.stm "Chiluba's legacy to Zambia"], BBC News, 4 May 2007.</ref> Economically he started the process of ending Zambia's socialist command economy. He presided over various economic reforms. There are mixed feelings in Zambia on the effectiveness of the economic transformation initiated by the Chiluba government. | ||
He helped broker a peace agreement to end the war in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, but failed to stop the escalating crime and poverty in Zambia. | He helped broker a peace agreement to end the war in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, but failed to stop the escalating crime and poverty in Zambia. | ||
Chiluba opposed international economic institutions. His successor [[Levy Mwanawasa]] re-established relations with IMF and World Bank which had been abolished during Chiluba's government. | Chiluba opposed international economic institutions. His successor [[Levy Mwanawasa]] re-established relations with IMF and World Bank which had been abolished during Chiluba's government. | ||
