Formation
The Patriotic Front was formed as a political party in 2001. In 2000, after Chiluba lost a bid to change the constitution to allow him to stand for third term, Michael Sata thought he would be endorsed as the MMD presidential candidate. The answer was given in 2001 when Chiluba noted that none of those (including Sata) who were in his government at the time were capable of winning the elections. At a secret ballot, Chiluba personally nominated Mwanawasa and voted for him to be the presidential candidate. "The choice of Mwanawasa upset Sata who had supported Chiluba’s third term bid so much that he left the MMD to form his own political party, the PF". At the same time, notable figures like the late Christon Tembo, Godfrey Miyanda and Edith Nawakwi formed the Forum for Democracy and Development Party(FDD). Michael Sata became the PF president, and as such contested the 2001 presidential election but did not do well, winning only 3.4% of the vote.
In the 2006 presidential election, Sata declared himself the winner before the vote counting process was over. The final official results placed him in second place, a situation that caused civil unrest among his supporters.
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