By Own Correspondent| Thousands of opposition party supporters on Saturday turned up for the MDC birthday celebrations held at Gwanzura stadium in Harare.

The supporters, most of whom were dressed in the party’s colours painted Gwanzura stadium red as they sang, danced and chanted their party songs and slogans.

The MDC commemorated 19 years since the formation of the party and its leader Nelson Chamisa was at the event “inaugurated” as the “people’ s president”, where he insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa stole his victory in the July 30 harmonised polls.

Said Chamisa in his keynote address:

“Mnangagwa is an illegitimate president and Zimbabwe needs legitimacy before we can put the past behind us so that we move on.”

Below is a video from Gwanzura: