Loud cheers from the delegates, however, could not disguise widespread disappointment at the weakening of the 35-page document.
The appearance by Mr. Weicker, the only Republican to win a statewide election since 1970 but whose independent ways rile some party members, drew a mixture of boos and cheers from the delegates, a few dozen of whom walked out during the speech.
In scenes unthinkable just a week ago, the announcement drew cheers from the 200 delegates packed into ZANU-PF's Harare headquarters to seal the fate of Mugabe, whose support has crumbled in the four days since the army seized power.
This is what passes for egalitarianism in today's zero-sum political environment, and the prime minister earned a cheer from delegates at the Conservative Party conference.
Mr Bercow, who was in the Speaker's chair to oversee the first ever UK Youth Parliament session taking place in the Commons, earned cheers and even a standing ovation from the delegates for his outburst.
But their delegate got a terrific cheer from the crowd.
The convention hall erupted in cheers, and the crowd chanted, "Mitt, Mitt, Mitt," but it was not a unanimous response from the delegates, including some who folded their arms.
When Romney finally passed the 1,144 magic number of delegates needed for the nomination there was a loud cheer from the hall.
In her maiden speech as new SNP leader last November, she won jubilant cheers from delegates at the party's annual conference by explicitly linking support for Labour with Trident, stating "think how much more we could win for Scotland from a Westminster Labour government if they had to depend on SNP votes.
His remarks drew more enthusiastic cheers from delegates than the previous two hours of Benghazi rehashing and anti-immigrant speeches interspersed with pat speeches from lackluster politicians.
