Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 20-11-2017
The deadline set by Zimbabwe’s ruling party for long-time President Robert Mugabe to resign or face impeachment has passed.
The 93-year-old Mugabe remained defiant in a national address Sunday night. The ruling Zanu-PF party fired Mugabe as ruling party leader and gave him a deadline of midday on Monday to leave the presidency.
This follows a military takeover of government last week and a nationwide march demanding Mugabe to step down on Saturday.
Activists and the influential war veterans association are vowing more protests to pressure the world’s oldest head of state, who is under military house arrest, to resign.
Some Zanu-PF members say an impeachment process likely wouldn’t lead to Mugabe’s immediate resignation and could take days to complete.
– AP
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