2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

===Monday, 20 November===
Mugabe ignored the noon deadline for his resignation. [[Paul Mangwana]], ZANU–PF's deputy secretary for legal affairs, said that impeachment could be set in motion as early as the next day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/20/zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-has-drafted-resignation-letter-immunity/|title=Robert Mugabe to face impeachment by Wednesday as 'source of instability'|first1=Roland|last1=Oliphant|first2=Peta|last2=Thornycroft|date=20 November 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120102334/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/20/zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-has-drafted-resignation-letter-immunity/|url-status=live}}</ref> Mugabe would be impeached on the basis that he "allowed his wife to usurp constitutional power".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42055726|title=Mugabe 'let wife Grace usurp power'|date=20 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=20 November 2017|language=en-GB|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120165250/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42055726|url-status=live}}</ref>

Mangwana announced that party members had "unanimously" agreed to remove Mugabe from office and would work with the opposition MDC party to remove Mugabe in a two-day period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/world/latest-zimbabwe-military-address-nation-shortly-article-1.3645653|title=The Latest: Zimbabwe army says Mugabe working on 'solution'|website=Daily News|location=New York|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref> Mangwana also stated that a committee would be set up on 21 November and that the vote for impeachment would occur on 22 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-21/zimbabwe-impeachment-motion-against-president-robert-mugabe/9172364|title=Zimbabwe's ZANU–PF party sets ball rolling on Mugabe impeachment|date=21 November 2017|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121035557/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-21/zimbabwe-impeachment-motion-against-president-robert-mugabe/9172364|url-status=live}}</ref>

Chiwenga announced in a televised address that Mnangagwa would soon return to Zimbabwe and hold talks with Mugabe, with whom he had now been in contact, and that the military coup, dubbed "Operation Restore Legacy", was progressing well.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-zimbabwe-politics-chiwenga/zimbabwes-mugabe-in-talks-with-ousted-vice-president-army-chief-idUKKBN1DK290?il=0|title=Zimbabwe's Mugabe in talks with ousted vice president – army chief|work=Reuters|access-date=20 November 2017|date=20 November 2017|archive-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119140601/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-zimbabwe-politics-chiwenga/zimbabwes-mugabe-in-talks-with-ousted-vice-president-army-chief-idUKKBN1DK290?il=0|url-status=live}}</ref>

British news agency [[Reuters]] reported that impeachment proceedings would proceed after the ruling ZANU–PF party completed the draft for a motion of impeachment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/zimbabwes-mugabe-faces-impeachment-after-military-takeover-idUSKBN1DK2O0|title=Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending four decades of rule|date=21 November 2017|website=Reuters.com|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120233337/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics/zimbabwes-mugabe-faces-impeachment-after-military-takeover-idUSKBN1DK2O0|url-status=live}}</ref> A copy of the draft, which also included a motion for a no-confidence vote, was obtained by British newspaper ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/20/zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-has-drafted-resignation-letter-immunity/|title=Robert Mugabe to face impeachment by Wednesday as 'source of instability'|first1=Roland|last1=Oliphant|first2=Peta|last2=Thornycroft|date=20 November 2017|access-date=21 November 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120202628/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/20/zimbabwes-robert-mugabe-has-drafted-resignation-letter-immunity/|url-status=live}}</ref> Of ZANU–PF's 250 lawmakers, all but 20 at a caucus meeting endorsed the impeachment motion, according to party chairman [[Simon Khaya-Moyo]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dixon|first=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|date=20 November 2017|title=Zimbabwe's Mugabe may face impeachment after failing to meet resignation deadline|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-zimbabwe-deadline-resign-20171120-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120222630/http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-zimbabwe-deadline-resign-20171120-story.html|archive-date=20 November 2017|access-date=21 November 2017|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Johannesburg}}</ref>

Tsvangirai called for an all-stakeholders meeting to chart the country's future and an internationally supervised process for the forthcoming elections. He said an all-inclusive process to take the country to legitimacy was the only way forward.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/11/20/morgan-tsvangirai-calls-internationally-supervised-process-for-elections/ |title= Morgan Tsvangirai Calls For Internationally-Supervised Process For The Forthcoming Elections |newspaper= Pindula News |date= 2017-11-20 |access-date= 2017-11-24 |archive-date= 1 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030740/https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/11/20/morgan-tsvangirai-calls-internationally-supervised-process-for-elections/ |url-status= live |author1= Maveriq }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-opposition/zimbabwe-opposition-wants-inclusive-political-process-after-military-intervention-idUSKBN1DK16W |title= Zimbabwe opposition wants inclusive political process after military intervention |work= [[Reuters]] |date= 20 November 2017 |access-date= 2017-11-24 |archive-date= 20 November 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171120124302/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-opposition/zimbabwe-opposition-wants-inclusive-political-process-after-military-intervention-idUSKBN1DK16W |url-status= live }}</ref>