(VOVWORLD) - Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, shortly after lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against him.
 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (Photo:AFP/VNA) |
The speaker of the Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, read out a letter in which Mr. Mugabe said he was stepping down. Earlier, 230 of 260 of MPs agreed to go ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Mugabe. Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Parliament building to demand Mugabe’s resignation.
Former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Wednesday or Thursday, said Patrick Chinamasa, legal secretary of the ruling ZANU-PF party.