The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) announced that the Zimbabwean parliament had decided to impeach President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the country since the 1980s.
On Tuesday, the Zimbabwean parliament held a session as ZANU-PF had brought the motion on the impeachment of the 93-year-old president. The Associated Press reported that members of parliament
Parliament resolved. Mugabe gone, he has about 24 hours left. pic.twitter.com/Pofg2KzVZV
Thousands of #Zimbabweans gathered outside Parliament as MPs arrive for #Mugabe impeachment motion — 21 Nov 2017 #MugabeImpeachment #Zimbabwe #MugabeMustGo #MugabeMustFall pic.twitter.com/lXb3X7j7go
Last week, the country’s military deployed armored vehicles to the Zimbabwean capital city of Harare, confining Mugabe, 93, to his house, while ZANU-PF urged the leader to step down. On Monday, following Mugabe’s failure to meet the ruling party’s ultimatum to resign, the party decided to begin impeachment proceedings.
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