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Mugabe Faces Looming Ultimatum To Quit by sirjentul05(m): 6:36am On Nov 20, 2017 |
Zimbabwe's embattled President
Robert Mugabe is facing a deadline set
by his own party to resign after his
surprise speech where he refused to
quit.
Zanu-PF, which has stripped Mr Mugabe of
the party's leadership, says it will impeach
him if he does not step down by 12:00
local time (10:00 GMT) on Monday.
Proceedings could begin as soon as
Tuesday when parliament meets.
Mr Mugabe's grip on power has weakened
since the army intervened on Wednesday,
in a row over who should succeed him.
The crisis began two weeks ago when the
93-year-old leader sacked his deputy
Emmerson Mnangagwa, angering army
commanders who saw it as an attempt to
position his wife Grace as next president.
Zimbabwe has since then seen huge street
rallies, with demonstrators, including the
country's influential war veterans,
demanding his immediate resignation.
During the 20-minute address, the
president, who was flanked by military
generals, made no mention of the
pressure from his party and the public to
quit.
Instead, he declared that the military had
done nothing wrong by seizing power and
placing him under house arrest.
"Whatever the pros and cons of how they
[the army] went about their operation, I,
as commander-in-chief, do acknowledge
their concerns," he said, in reference to the
army's move last week to take over the
state broadcaster in the capital Harare.
He also said "the [Zanu-PF] party congress
is due in a few weeks and I will preside
over its processes".
Before Mr Mugabe's speech, Mr
Mnangagwa was named as Zanu-PF's new
leader and candidate for the 2018 general
elections, while Mr Mugabe's wife was
expelled.
After Mr Mugabe's speech, Zanu-PF chief
whip Lovemore Matuke was quoted as
saying that the resignation ultimatum was
unchanged.
He added that impeachment proceedings
could be launched on Tuesday in
parliament. This would require a two-
thirds majority in both chambers.
The opposition MDC-T party has tried
unsuccessfully to impeach Mr Mugabe in
the past, but this time the ruling party -
which has an overwhelming majority in
both houses - is likely to go against him.
However, the impeachment process could
take weeks.
Source www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42048412
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