Zambia interim President Scott sacked by his party
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Named interim leader after the death of president Michael Sata, Scott became Africa’s first white head of state since South Africa’s last apartheid president
Zambia's Patriotic Front (PF) has suspended President Guy Scott for "not respecting the constitution" according to BBC.
"He has been hiring and firing people for no apparent reason and without consulting the central committee," said Malozo Sichone the spokesman of the party.
Mr Scott, still a member of the party, will remain Zambia's president until elections set for 20 January.
Named interim leader after the death of president Michael Sata, Scott became Africa’s first white head of state since South Africa’s last apartheid president.
He will run the copper-rich country briefly -- during the 90 days until fresh presidential elections are held.
But the 70-year-old is currently not eligible to become president because of foreign parentage rules in Zambia’s 1996 constitution.
Scott’s parents were migrants from Britain, Zambia’s former colonial ruler. And this threatened his chances of acting as president.
The ex-farmer and economist stands out as the only white politician in a country whose population of whites is less than one per cent; white people make up less than 40,000 of Zambia’s 13 million-strong population
