The Selangor palace has reportedly interviewed three candidates for selecting  the Selangor menteri besar, but the candidates purportedly exclude Pakatan's agreed choice.

PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who was decided upon after a Pakatan leadership meeting on Aug 17 was not amongst those called up for the said interviews.

The Star Online's report today named PAS executive councillors Iskandar Samad (left) and Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi and PKR deputy president Azmin Ali as the three who attended what The Star called "interviews" to determine the MB.

Quoting unnamed sources, the report said the meetings were conducted individually over the past week.

On Thursday it was reported that the palace will swear in the MB on Tuesday, and has sent out invitations to the ceremony despite Pakatan Rakyat leaders claiming to be in the dark.

According to The Star, among those in the MB post “interview panel” were state secretary Mohamed Khusrin Munawi, state legal adviser Nik Suhaimi Nik Sulaiman and two royal council members.

It also reported PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim  as accepting the news when Azmin purportedly informed him of the matter on Thursday.

Still pushing for Wan Azizah

However a PKR source today said the party has not agreed with Azmin's appointment, only that the eventuality has been considered.

The party is said to remain steadfast on their choice of Wan Azizah.

Meanwhile PKR-linked NGO Jingga 13 Selangor is continuing to voice support for Wan Azizah, appealing to the Selangor sultan to select her as she has the support of the state assembly majority.

"As a NGO and as Selangor citizens who defend the royal instution and constitution, and who love Selangor, we hope the prolonged MB crisis will be settled quickly...

"We believe based on article 53(2)(a) of the Selangor constitution the sultan ought to appoint someone whom he is confident has the support of the majority of the state assembly.

"Precisely what methodology the tuanku employs, we are confident his highness will not contravene article 53(2)(a)..." said Jingga 13 national deputy secretary Afzainizam Abdul Rahman in a statement today.

He said the NGO hopes the sultan will exercise wisdom to end the saga by appointing Wan Azizah as the MB so that the state can continue to prosper.

"We call on all Selangorians to be patient and not raise all kinds of perceptions and polemic that can disrupt the harmony of the state that we all love," he added.

Long drawn saga

The Selangor MB crisis was sparked when incumbent Abdul Khalid Ibrahim refused to step down to give way to Wan Azizah according to a decision reached by PKR's leaders in July.

After being expelled from PKR on various grounds including the refusal, Khalid continued to stay in office claiming he had the majority in the 52-seat state assembly.

However, Wan Azizah subsequently produced 30 statutory declarations from Pakatan assemblypersons giving her the state majority and legitimacy to succeed as the MB.

However Khalid (left) remain steadfast, until PAS in the Aug 17 meeting announced publicly that it would back Pakatan's decision on the MB.

Following this on Aug 26 Khalid finally tendered his resignation, but Wan Azizah's ascension to office hit yet another roadblock when the Selangor palace requested all three Pakatan parties to submit at least two names for the sultan to choose from.

While both PKR and DAP maintained Wan Azizah as their choice, PAS went back on the Pakatan decision and submitted multiple names to the palace, including assemblypersons from their own party.