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I am not retiring – Guy Scott

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Vice President Guy Scott
Vice President Guy Scott

Republican Vice-President Guy Scott has denied assertions that he is planning to retire and has described insinuation that he has written to President Michael Sata as nothing but day-dreaming.

But senior sources within the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) central committee have told the Daily Nation that Dr Scott is planning to leave the position of republican Vice-President by February next year so that he could spend his efforts on his constituency, Lusaka Central.

The senior Patriotic Front central committee officials and those close to the Vice-President said Dr. Scott had written to President Sata informing him about his pending retirement as the country’s second most powerful man so that he could concentrate on his elective position of Member of Parliament before leaving politics in 2016.

The officials said that Dr Scott informed President Sata through a letter written in November where he gave the Head of State three months notice indicating that by the end of February 2014, he would be stepping down as Vice-President.
“Dr Scott has written to President Sata indicating his desire is to step down as Vice-President and retire from politics by the time the PF would be seeking its second mandate. I am sure that he is going by month-end of February, 2014. He says that he wants to retire and concentrate in the constituency as it is his last term before he retires from active politics,” the official said.

But Dr Scott has said he has no plans of leaving his position as Vice-President and that the assertion that he was intending to abandon his long time friend, President Sata were not true.Dr Scott has told the Daily Nation that at no time did he hint to anyone that he was planning to retire from activie politics because he still had a lot of work to do for the country and his constituency.

Dr. Scott said that he had no intentions of stepping down or retire as Vice-President of the Country and the Patriotic Front government because he had unfinished business with Zambians.
He said that people insinuating that he wanted t o retire from the position of Vice-President were merely day-dreaming.
“I am not retiring anytime soon. People saying that I am retiring are day-dreaming. Ba panga maloto ya muzuba (they are dreaming during the day). It is a non starter, ni maloto chabe yamene bapanga,” said Dr. Scott in Nyanja after he was asked to confirm whether he had written President Sata informing him about his intention to retire by February, 2014.
Dr. Scott demanded that the reporter should disclose his source of information as he had not discussed the matter with anyone.
“There is no substance in that. Write what I am saying. It is a non starter. It is just a dream, day dreamers will say such things,” said Dr. Scott.

Meanwhile Dr Scott has promised Zambians a better life and more opportunities in the development of the country.
The Vice President said that the PF government was committed to improving the livelihood of the people in the country.
He said that next year the PF government would preoccupy itself in ensuring that it creates employment opportunity for the unemployed people, restructuring and other commitment in making the life better for a common Zambian.Dr. Scott said that the PF administration was on course to make the lives of common Zambians better and respected.

Asked to comment on the crisis at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) as a result of the dismissed nurses, Dr. Scott said that government would address the matter in the next three months saying that if no change will be made to improve the desperate situation at the institution it would mean that the PF had failed.“I do not want to comment on the matter because the deputy ministers, the President and ministers have commented on the matter already. But I can assure you that in the coming next three months you must see improvement at the hospital. If you do not see that with your eyes then call me it will mean that the PF has failed,” said Dr. Scott.

Source: Daily Nation

39 COMMENTS

  1. Its all good, it doesnt have to become systematic and you owe no one any explaination. Thats your personal right, besides who said you can not serve at your age? unless on medical grounds!

  2. They do not get tired of telling lies again and again and it seems it has become a norm in politics.

    How I miss RB and the development he brought to Zambia, foreign exchange reserves of 3.6 billion dollars, mealie meal at 30 kwacha a bag, inflation under control and more and more jobs.

    Wish I can turn the wheel and vote for MMD and RB for Presidency.
    I look and feel stupid for voting for PF on lies peddled out by the paid mercenaries.
    Zambia in on fast track to be a failed state likes of Afghanistan, South Sudan, DRC

  3. He would not confirm those rumors, even they were true. I would not be too surprised if he makes such a decision, except it would be very damaging to the PF, it would mean people have started losing faith in the Party!!

  4. Foolish Lukaku, do you really read the lines, and do you know how this so called Daily Nation has done for this country. The story has no basis because you are dull!

  5. “Dr. Scott said that he had unfinished business with Zambians.” Great…. only is that a threat or a promise?

    and this:

    “Dr. Scott said that government would address the matter (at UTH) in the next three months.”

    Uhhhhhh….. so I guess the VP means to say PF will get to this in the next 90 days, right? Again, great…… and no kidding about unfinished business!

  6. I hardly see objective comments here.Demons !lf Scot chooses to step down is that wrong.After all it maybe that he is too tired to continue on account of old age.U have no tangible issues but just to lay in wait to c mistakes of pf.VULTURES!

  7. MMD nd yo RB 2 hell!Sick minds!Does it mean if Pf makes mistakes(which u are blowing out of proportion) ‘vomits’.’amalushiiii’ re de altenatives?Mule kwata critical thinking mwefima Zambians fimo.Keep yo big mouths shut if u have no sensible words

    • iwe uku bwata bwata ka osmore, when are you ever going to make sense iwe we ka mwana ka ndoshi iwe? Thats why all you see are demons, it means walipena. OK?

    • @osborne
      You are almost there. Try to make comparisons honestly:
      1. Freedom of expression: MMD 80/100 vs PF 10/100;
      2. Rule of law: MMD 60/100 vs PF 10/100;
      3. Corruption: MMD 50/100 vs PF 00/100;
      4. Purchasing power: MMD 80/100 vs PF 20/100;
      5. Dogmatism: MMD 10/100 vs PF 100/100;
      6. Financial planing: MMD 50/100 vs PF 00/100

  8. This is rubbish.. Does he value life of zambians (black) pipo 4 him 2 say the operation at UTH wl normalise after 3 months. This musungu shud kno tht certain things ar urgent. 4 God’ seek wht hv thes nurses done 4 yu to have a heart of a stone on them. Just accept yo bufii hs catch up with yu. Yu promised gvnt wrks 300% yet yu gave them 4%, shame..

  9. Retire already! You are no longer effective, age has caught up with you, it is not just your skin that has lost its youthfulness but also your brain.

    Your love for money will eat you up!

  10. Retire please we are being ruled by sick people
    No one looks fit in this government . Retire dude
    Get your benefits and relax now u looking stupid
    Unprincipled and desperate. When you retire you
    Preserve yourself because it will be shameful when
    You kicked out of power.

  11. OSMORE, WHY ARE YOU SO DEFENSIVE? ARE YOUR BOTH PARENTS PF CADRES THAT IS WHY YOU FOUND YOURSELF WHERE YOU ARE? COOL DOWN MAN.

  12. Reading comments on such platform gives you a great idea why Zambia has so many challenges with zero solutions. People are so negative and immensely engrossed in hate!
    A prospective Government which shall be destined for success is one which shall identify this great problem in our people and define a national change management plan in which citizens shall be taken to realise that Zambia can only achieve it’s objectives of poverty alleviation through teamwork and togetherness irrespective of tribal inclination. 13 million is to little a population to further divide based on village! Zambia please work up!

    • Whoever you are ex grandmaster, you make a lot of sense. i don’t know whats wrong with us, but objectivity, creativity and common sense is something that has eluded us! we spend a lot of time arguing about useless, nonsense issues at the expense of developing ourselves and hence the nation. if this is the objective of freedom of expression, then we have lamentably failed! whats wrong with us is it the schools, or the background? we have lived so much and produced so little! when are we going to change our mindset for the better?

  13. I for one would encourage his honour the vice president to graciousily retire. He fought hard to dislodge the MMD. The party that humiliated him badly especially after the swine fever instigation in the chiluba govt. The old man has done his part. its better to leabe the podium when the audience is still clapping. Hamba Hkala scot

  14. Pliz. Zambian let as learn to be mature Zambian when passing or when contributing comments. We don’t have just to critisize even where the gorverment has done well. let as learn to apprecaite and let’s be contibuting developmental critics.

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