ZIMBABWE’S President Robert Mugabe resigned on Tuesday ending his 37-year rule of the African nation as independence leader from British colonial rule in 1980. He started as a hero but ended as a most unpopular despot through his years of misrule, repression of dissent, election rigging and quarrelling with the west always encircled by a group of fortune seekers. His long rule saw the collapse of the country’s economy but he was unmoved. Mugabe, 93, had once thought his government is firmly protected by the military and hoped to stay in power till he is 100 years.
It no doubt took too long to end his despotism in Zimbabwe.
Following the sacking of his long time Vice President on November 6 to replace him by his shopping crazy wife. The military has denied it and sidelined president Mugabe. He was detained in the cantonment but he was not disgraced overtly.
We believe the military has taken the most sensible move remaining faithful to the Constitution. The army and other state forces created an opportunity for a new beginning.
The street celebration of Zimbabwe people shows how impatiently they were waiting to see the end of his despotic rule. Many Zimbabweans knew no other leader except him over the past four decades. As the army took to the street they joined the troops adding voice to the demand for his resignation. But he was still reluctant ignoring two deadlines. But when his political organization ZANU-FP sacked him from the party and parliament opened proceeding to impeach him on Tuesday, the political skill of the old man who had survived many such crisis in his long career this time proved futile. A new era now started in the country as parliament is taking move to appoint the next president, apparently the one Mugabe sacked early this month.
But it is our belief that the armed forces and others want to make a fresh beginning along the way that will make people to have a people’s government. They do not want continuation of Mugabe legacy.
It no doubt took too long to end his despotism in Zimbabwe.
Following the sacking of his long time Vice President on November 6 to replace him by his shopping crazy wife. The military has denied it and sidelined president Mugabe. He was detained in the cantonment but he was not disgraced overtly.
We believe the military has taken the most sensible move remaining faithful to the Constitution. The army and other state forces created an opportunity for a new beginning.
The street celebration of Zimbabwe people shows how impatiently they were waiting to see the end of his despotic rule. Many Zimbabweans knew no other leader except him over the past four decades. As the army took to the street they joined the troops adding voice to the demand for his resignation. But he was still reluctant ignoring two deadlines. But when his political organization ZANU-FP sacked him from the party and parliament opened proceeding to impeach him on Tuesday, the political skill of the old man who had survived many such crisis in his long career this time proved futile. A new era now started in the country as parliament is taking move to appoint the next president, apparently the one Mugabe sacked early this month.
But it is our belief that the armed forces and others want to make a fresh beginning along the way that will make people to have a people’s government. They do not want continuation of Mugabe legacy.
