By Paul Nyathi|The thousands of opposition MDC who attended Sunday’s rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru warned party Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora against his wishes of challenging President Nelson Chamisa at the congress set for May.

The huge crowd went into song “tengesa uone mashura” as soon as Mwonzora was given a platform to speak on the on going discussions for a dialogue with the ruling ZANU PF.

Mwonzora who is the current party Secretary General is rumoured to be making serious moves to challenge Chamisa who he defeated in the last party congress to land his current position.

Speaking in an interview with state media over the weekend, Mwonzora disputed the rumour that he was moving to challenge Chamisa claiming that party members will do the nominations.

“Let me answer this way, I am a full member of the MDC with full rights given by the MDC constitution.

One of these rights is the right to contest any position.

“However, I’m not yet aware of the position that I’m going to contest because the nomination process has not yet started,” said Mr Mwonzora.

“So I do not know what the members are going to nominate me for. The system is not whether you want or not. It’s whether you are nominated. But the nomination has not yet started so I’m not aware, I don’t know what position I will contest. But I’m eligible to contest any position.”

He said he will not speculate on any position at the moment but will make a special announcement soon after the nomination process has been opened.

“The nomination process is going to be taking place in due course. I will also be announcing shortly after the nomination, if I get nominated for any position I will contest that position. But I have not been nominated yet,” he said.

However, reliable sources within the party have indicated that Mwonzora is currently in full gear mobilising provinces to nominate him to contest Chamisa.