Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will not be Retiring ahead of his 93rd Birthday because there’s no “Acceptable” Successor

BEIJING, CHINA – AUGUST 26: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (not pictured) during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People (GHOP) on August 26, 2014 in Beijing, China. Mugabe is on a five-day state visit to China. (Photo by Diego Azubel-Pool/Getty Images)

Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe, is celebrating his birthday today as he turns 93 but he has let it be known that a retirement from governance is not in his immediate plans.

According to reports, in a radio broadcast that will later air this week, the world’s oldest national leader, who has been in power for 37 years said:

‘The call to step down must come from my party, my party at the congress, my party at central committee. But then what do you see? It’s the opposite. They want me to stand for elections.’
‘The majority of the people feel that there is no replacement, a successor who to them is acceptable, as acceptable as I am,’ he added.