Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead Zimbabwe until 2018 elections
Governing party Zanu-PF says Mnangagwa will take the reins after Robert Mugabe steps down, bringing an end to a 37-year rule
Zimbabwe’s former vice president and governing party Zanu-PF’s favoured candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Wednesday or Thursday after the resignation of Robert Mugabe. This was revealed by the party’s legal secretary, Patrick Chinamasa, on Tuesday. Separately, Zanu-PF chief whip Lovemore Matuke said that Mnangagwa would be sworn in within 48 hours and that he would serve the remainder of Mugabe’s term until the next general elections, which must be held by September 2018. Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday‚ shortly after parliament began an impeachment process to end his nearly four decades of rule. Parliament was convened to impeach him with all political parties and independent legislators singing from the same hymn book. There was so much interest parliament had to be moved to the 5‚000 seater Harare International Conference Centre. But just before the speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda could wrap up business of the day‚ the minister o...
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