By James Gwati- Former Deputy, Priminister Professor, Arthur Mutambara has warned Zanu PF of more sanctions coming from the western country because of the ruling party’s unrepenting behaviour.

 Zanu PF this week engineered constitutional amendments that sailed through the Senate on Tuesday

Senate on Tuesday passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2 with 65 votes in favour of the mutilation of the Constitution adopted in 2013 through a popular referendum vote while 10 voted against it.

The Bill went through after three senators from the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T — Piniel Denga, Morgan Femai and Jane Chifamba — voted alongside Zanu PF, which needed only one vote to achieve a two-thirds majority.

The amendments include a provision for the scrapping of the running mate clause, which was supposed to come into effect in 2023 and another giving Mnangagwa unbridled power to appoint judges without subjecting them to public interviews, among others.

Mutambara yesterday took to microblogging site Twitter, accusing Zanu PF of “giving its detractors a big stick to whip its behind”.

“Zanu PF is begging for more economic sanctions,” he tweeted.

“Amendment No 2 gives its detractors reasons to maintain sanctions, constitutional violations, illegal judges, compromised Judiciary, the corrupt imperial presidency. Zanu PF is giving its detractors a big stick to whip its behind. It is pure idiocy.”