Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has submitted his resignation after 37 years as the country's leader.
Mugabe's refusal to the demands to step down for almost a week after a military takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU- PF party resulted to an impeachment process by the parliament but he voluntarily stepped down on Tuesday, hours after the commencement of the debate.
Cheers broke out in the parliament after speaker Jacob Mudenda read out Mugabe's resignation letter.
''I Robert Gabriel Mugabe in terms of section 96 of the constitution of Zimbabwe hereby formally tender my resignation with immediate effect,” said speaker Mudenda, reading the letter.
Mr Mugabe in the letter, said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth transition of power.
At the hearing of the shocking news by Zimbabweans, cheers and jubilation sparked on the streets of the Capital, Harare, to celebrate the end of Mugabe's leader.
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