President of the African Union (A.U.) Alpha Conde has reacted to the resignation of Robert Mugabe, a week after the army took over political authority.
Conde according to the visionguinee news website said he was delighted that the political impasse in Zimbabwe had been resolved.
Whiles describing Mugabe, 93, as a “great fighter” and “African hero,” the Guinean leader said he was, however, concerned over how Mugabe had ended his almost four decades reign.
“It is a shame that he is leaving through the back door and that he is forsaken by the parliament,” Conde stressed. Reacting to the military takeover a week ago, Conde said it “resembled a coup” even though the military insisted it was not.
The A.U. president subsequently ordered the military to ensure that the country returns to constitutional order. Mugabe’s resignation even though he says was voluntary is believed to have come under internal and external pressures.
He had 48 hours prior (on Sunday) insisted that he will lead the ruling party, ZANU-PF, in their congress slated for December. The party had at the time stripped him of his post as leader.
The ZANU-PF bloc in parliament subsequently tabled an impeachment process to oust him, a process that was suspended after his resignation letter was received and read to a joint sitting of the parliament.
Thousands of Zimbabweans had thronged the streets to demand Mugabe’s resignation as president. He remains the only president the country has known since independence from the British in 1980.
Source: africanews.com
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Yes, I am with you on this. I think that these unthinking ideologues like Tony will see America's 'hand' even in their wives' bad soup. They can't think far, they can't analyse situations, they cannot see beyond the tunnel.
@Tony: You guys never seem to amaze some of us. When comrades in crime fall out over a woman and go for each other's neck too you talk of America? Did you hear what the Military told the then Opposition leader in 2008 that since he did not fight in the liberation war the state security would not recognize him even if he won the election, which they actually did? What made Mugabe to believe that this same security will tolerate his wife? The guy sacks his fellow freedom fighter paving the way for his wife to succeed him and the military counters his move and forces him to resign. How does America come in here? You socialist boys and girls should for once face realities on the ground and be open minded.
Hmmm, America at work. ZANU-PF must be careful of their actions. They are being myopic and they have lost power.