Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert
Mugabe has called his cabinet for a meeting on Tuesday at his
State House offices, the chief secretary to the president and
cabinet said in a notice, the same day ruling party members plan
to impeach him.
This is the first time the ministers are set to meet for
their routine weekly meeting with Mugabe since the military took
power on Wednesday.
Cabinet meetings are usually held at
Munhumutapa Building in the centre of town, but an armoured
vehicle and armed soldiers are camped outside the offices.
This announcement comes after Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF held a meeting on Monday to discuss the impeachment of Mugabe.
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ZANU-PF's action follows a weekend of high drama in Harare, culminating in reports that Mugabe had agreed on Sunday to stand down -- only for him to dash the hopes of millions of his countrymen in a bizarre and rambling national address.
Flanked by the generals who sent in tanks and troops last week to seize the state broadcaster, Mugabe spoke of the need for national unity and farming reform, but made no mention of his fate, leaving the nation of 16 million people dumbstruck.