Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 21-11-2017
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned.
In a letter to parliament, Mugabe says he is resigning immediately and voluntarily in order to have a “smooth transfer of power.”
Mugabe’s resignation letter was read out by the speaker Jacob Mudenda in a cheering, dancing Parliament, which had been pursuing impeachment of the 93-year-old Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state.
“I Robert Gabriel Mugabe in terms of section 96 of the constitution of Zimbabwe hereby formally tender my resignation … with immediate effect,” said Mudenda, reading the letter.
The resignation comes at the end of a week of extraordinary events that began with the military moving in last week, angered by Mugabe’s firing of his long-time deputy and the positioning of the unpopular first lady to succeed him.
Impeachment allegations against Mugabe included that he “allowed his wife to usurp constitutional power” and that he is “of advanced age” and too incapacitated to rule.
Mugabe also was accused of allowing unpopular first lady Grace Mugabe to threaten to kill the recently fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other officials.
Recently fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa known as The Crocodile will take over as the country’s leader within 48 hours after Mugabe’s resignation.
– AP
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