This marks the fulfilment of the unspoken promise by Lungu to his private sector backers that his presidency would be 'pro-business' in spite of the radical reputation of the governing Patriotic Front (PF) and the pro-tax policies of his predecessors the late President Michael Sata and acting President Guy Scott...
One of Lungu's first acts was to sack Attorney General Musa Mwenye: he is regarded as one of Banda's persecutors but he was also instrumental in stopping Lungu's unconstitutional attempt to step into the late President Michael Sata's shoes before Vice-President Guy Scott could take over (AC Vol 55 No 23 Foreign boost for opposition & Queen-maker Scott)...
Lungu had already benefited from the decision of his factional enemies within the PF led by Acting President Guy Scott to set aside their differences after bitter fighting over the presidential nomination and present a united front to the electorate (AC Vol 55 No 24 The PF picks two candidates)...
The faction once led by Sata which includes Acting President Guy Scott and The Post publisher Fred M'membe has chosen Miles Sampa as its standard-bearer (AC Vol 53 No 23 Queen-maker Scott)...
Political pundits in Lusaka see her move as part of Acting President Guy Scott's attempt to keep alive the PF's radical hue and Sata's legacy...
Lungu was unwilling to give up power until Attorney General Musa Mwenye threatened him and the ministers backing him with arrest and a treason charge unless he ceded to Vice-President Guy Scott in accordance with the constitution (AC Vol 55 No 20 Power struggle)...
Acting President Guy Scott is finding out just how difficult the management of the governing Patriotic Front can be...
Back then Vice-President Guy Scott said that Sata was 'normal' which many saw as ambiguous...
The formalities of succession If President Sata were to die in office Vice-President Guy Scott could find himself the first white leader of an independent African nation since South African President FW de Klerk resigned in 1994...
The most influential minister Chikwanda anchors the Bemba hegemony while Vice-President Guy Scott an ardent supporter of Kabimba has backed off taking on most of Sata's functions as PF President and trying to pacify the warring factions behind the scenes...
The largely Bemba faction in the party is also opposed to the radical and sometimes statist policies of President Sata Vice-President Guy Scott and Kabimba and centres on Defence Minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda (AC Vol 54 No 22 Fights over Kabimba wrack the PF)...
