Zimbabwe's Ruling Party Says Mugabe Impeachment To Go Ahead -- News Roundup

Daily Mail: Mugabe is 'too old, let his wife usurp government powers and created a 15-year economic tailspin in Zimbabwe': Draft impeachment declares despot is a 'source of instability' as lawmakers claim it will take two days to get rid of him

* Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 93, clung to power on Sunday night with a rambling speech in Harare
* The dictator vowed to hold a Zanu PF party conference in the coming weeks and said he would preside over it
* Tweets from his opponents suggest he was supposed to deliver a resignation speech, but went off-script
* There are claims Mugabe decided to fight on after intervention from his trusted cleric Father Fidelis Mukonori
* However, he is now said to have drafted a resignation letter having insisted on immunity for him and his wife
* Ruling Zanu PF said in a draft impeachment motion that Mugabe is a 'source of instability'

Robert Mugabe is a 'source of instability', has shown disrespect for the rule of law and is to blame for an economic tailspin over the past 15 years, his ruling party said in a draft impeachment motion today.

The 93-year-old could be thrown out of parliament within two days and is said to have demanded immunity for him and his wife, Grace, 52.

One member of the ruling Zanu PF party said the main charge against Mugabe was 'allowing his wife to usurp government powers' and that 'he is too old and cannot even walk without help'.

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