{"id":60217,"date":"2017-11-19T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60217"},"modified":"2017-11-19T16:28:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T15:28:17","slug":"zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-dismissed-countrys-leader-vp-replace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-dismissed-countrys-leader-vp-replace\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe&#8217;s Robert Mugabe dismissed as country&#8217;s leader, VP to replace him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\">Zimbabwe\u2019s ruling party fired President Robert Mugabe\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161489\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span>, ending his 37-year reign as the African country\u2019s leader after being placed under house arrest days ago, a party official said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\">Recently fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was appointed as the new leader of the ZANU-PF party and is expected to lead a new government. Party members said Mugabe must resign by\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161490\"><span class=\"aQJ\">12 p.m.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161491\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0or will \u201cdefinitely\u201d face impeachment. Innocent Gonese with the MDC-T party said they had been in discussions with the ruling ZANU-PF party to act jointly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\">&#8220;If Mugabe is not gone by\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161492\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, then as sure as the sun rises from the east, impeachment process will kick in,&#8221; Gonese said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\">Senior figures of the party gathered early\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161493\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0for an emergency meeting of the party&#8217;s Central Committee to discuss calls to expel the 93-year-old leader. First lady Grace Mugabe was also recalled as head of the women&#8217;s league. The now-former leader\u2019s talks with army commander Constantino Chiwenga are in the second round of negotiations on an exit as the military tries to avoid accusations of a coup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\">Mugabe remained under house arrest with his wife and resisted calls to step aside. Vast throngs of demonstrators turned Zimbabwe&#8217;s capital into a carnival ground\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161494\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Saturday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in a peaceful outpouring of disdain for their longtime leader and calls for him to quit immediately. People in Harare clambered onto tanks and other military vehicles moving slowly through the crowds, danced around soldiers walking in city streets and surged in the thousands toward the building where Mugabe held official functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\">\u201cThe old man should be allowed to rest,\u201d former Zimbabwe finance minister and activist Tendai Biti told South African broadcaster eNCA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\"><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_102161495\"><span class=\"aQJ\">On Friday<\/span><\/span>, all 10 of the provincial branches of the Zanu-PF party demanded Mugabe\u2019s resignation<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7863847329730317166p1\"><span class=\"m_7863847329730317166s1\">Fox News<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s ruling party fired President Robert Mugabe\u00a0on Sunday, ending his 37-year reign as the African country\u2019s leader after being placed under house arrest days ago, a party official said. 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