Zimbabwe’s Parliament would commence impeachment proceedings against President Robert Mugabe Tuesday with both houses set to vote on the measure.
Mugabe is accused of allowing his wife, Grace Mugabe, to “usurp his constitutional power”.
A motion to commence impeachment proceedings would be placed before both the National Assembly and the Senate to vote on.
If the motion passes, a joint committee would be appointed to investigate removing Mugabe from office.
If the committee moves for impeachment, then two-thirds of both houses must vote for impeachment before Mugabe can constitutionally be removed from office.
The veteran leader has ruled the Southern African nation for decades, and has held onto power even as he has grown old and infirm.
“We are expecting the motion to be moved tomorrow (Tuesday), the committee to be set up tomorrow, and hopefully by Wednesday – because the charges are so clear – we expect that by Wednesday, we should be able to vote in parliament,” ZANU-PF member Paul Mangawana said.
“The main charge is that he has allowed his wife to usurp constitutional power when she has no right to run government. But she is insulting civil servants, the vice president, at public rallies. They are denigrating the army – those are the charges,” he said.
“He has refused to implement the constitution of Zimbabwe – particularly we had elections for the provincial councils, but up to now they have not been put into office.
“He is of advanced age, that he no longer has the physical capacity to run government,” he added.

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