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Zimbabwe Herald via AP
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Zimbabwean church hopeful for plans to oust Mugabe in two days

by Tola Mbakwe

An official from the country's ruling party has said it should take Zimbabwe's parliament two days to impeach him although he has resisted calls to step down.

The party's deputy secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangwana made the claim to reporters as ruling party politicians gathered.

He said they will move a motion for impeachment on Tuesday and set up a committee, and on Wednesday will report back and "vote him out".

Mr Mangwana said the main charge against the 93-year-old Mr Mugabe is "allowing his wife to usurp government powers" and that "he is too old and cannot even walk without help".

Edmore Chiota, Superintendent at Trinity Methodist Church told Premier it's a "worrying time in the country" but they have chosen to pray for a peaceful transition of power.

He added: "It's going to be very difficult, because we're talking about someone who has been in power for 37 years.

"Probably, he might be feeling he's entitled to rule the country.

"Pray for negotiations that are going on between Robert Mugabe and the people who are negotiating on behalf of the army and the people."

AP Photo/Ben Curtis
A prison officer walks past a news stand in Harare, Zimbabwe Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Longtime President Robert Mugabe ignored a midday deadline set by the ruling party to step down or face impeachment proceedings, while Zimbabweans, stunned by his lack of resignation during a national address, vowed more protests to make him leave.

Mr Mugabe earlier on Monday ignored a 12pm Central Africa Time deadline set by the ruling party to step down or face impeachment proceedings.

"Arrogant Mugabe disregards Zanu PF," one newspaper headline said.

However, Chiota told Premier that despite Mugabe insisting to remain as president, people are hopeful that they "will see the light at the end of the day."

Listen to Edmore Chiota speaking with Alex Williams here:

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