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*], Commerce Deputy Minister, Matero MP and nephew of Michael Sata<ref>https://www.zambianwatchdog.com/miles-sampa-files-nominations-for-pf-presidency/</ref> |
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*], Commerce Deputy Minister, Matero MP and nephew of Michael Sata<ref>https://www.zambianwatchdog.com/miles-sampa-files-nominations-for-pf-presidency/</ref> |
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*], Commerce Minister<ref>http://zambiareports.com/2014/11/19/kasebas-decision-run-causes-rift-sata-family/</ref> |
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*], Commerce Minister<ref>http://zambiareports.com/2014/11/19/kasebas-decision-run-causes-rift-sata-family/</ref> |
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*], Minister of Agriculture |
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*], son of Michael Sata and Mayor of ]<ref name=DM/><ref>http://mg.co.za/article/2014-11-26-satas-son-quits-race-for-zambian-presidency</ref> |
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*], son of Michael Sata and Mayor of ]<ref name=DM/><ref>http://mg.co.za/article/2014-11-26-satas-son-quits-race-for-zambian-presidency</ref> |
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*], Minister of Local Government<ref name="What Next?">{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201411051666.html|title=Zambia: What Next After Another President Dies in Office?|author=Sishuwa Sishuwa|work=All Africa|accessdate=7 November 2014}}</ref> |
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*], Minister of Finance<ref name="What Next?"/> |
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*], former Minister of Justice<ref name=DM/> |
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Vice President Scott, who is serving as Acting President following Sata's death, announced that he would not contest the election, claiming he was constitutionally barred from doing so.<ref> New Statesman, 30 October 2014</ref> However, although the constitution restricts candidacy to at least third generation Zambians,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29816559|title=Guy Scott's rise to Zambia's presidency|work=BBC News|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> the Zambian Supreme Court ruled in '']'' that this is not relevant to citizens born before independence in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/10/29/another-zambian-president-dies-in-office-what-happens-now/|title=Another Zambian president dies in office. What happens now?|work=Washington Post|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> |
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Vice President Scott, who is serving as Acting President following Sata's death, announced that he would not contest the election, claiming he was constitutionally barred from doing so.<ref> New Statesman, 30 October 2014</ref> However, although the constitution restricts candidacy to at least third generation Zambians,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29816559|title=Guy Scott's rise to Zambia's presidency|work=BBC News|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> the Zambian Supreme Court ruled in '']'' that this is not relevant to citizens born before independence in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/10/29/another-zambian-president-dies-in-office-what-happens-now/|title=Another Zambian president dies in office. What happens now?|work=Washington Post|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> |
Prior to Sata's death, his ill-health led to political commentators speculating about potential Patriotic Front candidates. Following his death on 28 October, Vice President Guy Scott became Acting President and became the first white African leader since Apartheid-era South Africa's F. W. de Klerk.
Vice President Scott, who is serving as Acting President following Sata's death, announced that he would not contest the election, claiming he was constitutionally barred from doing so. However, although the constitution restricts candidacy to at least third generation Zambians, the Zambian Supreme Court ruled in Lewanika and Others vs. Chiluba that this is not relevant to citizens born before independence in 1964.
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