Press. voanews.com
Zimbabwe's
incoming president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, returned to the country Wednesday after
spending about two weeks in exile. His ascendance follows the resignation
Tuesday of longtime President Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe's parliament
speaker said Mnangagwa would be sworn in as president on Friday. The former
vice president abruptly fled the country November 6 after Mugabe fired him.
One man told
VOA's Zimbabwe service: "This is a breakthrough. ... We are super excited
as Zimbabweans and we want to thank God. Our prayers have been answered. We
have suffered a lot for 37 years." John Campbell,
senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said because Mnangagwa
played such a key role in Mugabe's administration, he did not anticipate a
dramatic change in the style of governance in the short term.
"Nevertheless,
the fact that there has been a coup, the fact that Mugabe has resigned, opens
the range of possibilities," Campbell told VOA. "Whether or not the
Zimbabwean people will take advantage of that, it is too soon to tell."
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