Amid Political Tumult, Zimbabwe Lawmakers Open Impeachment Process Against Mugabe
The longtime president's own party made a motion to impeach him Tuesday. After 37 years in power, Robert Mugabe has faced unprecedented pressure to resign — pressure he has so far ignored.
Zimbabwe's parliament has moved one crucial step closer toward removing the country's longtime president, Robert Mugabe. On Tuesday, one day after Mugabe ignored a deadline set by his party to resign, lawmakers made a motion to impeach the president.
The proceedings are set to begin Tuesday afternoon local time.
Mugabe, 93, has been under exceptional pressure to end his 37-year tenure in office. Now under that he step down in the capital, Harare, Reuters reports another sizable protest collected outside the parliament building in the city Tuesday.
