PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang belittled PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's parliamentary performance, tar brushing her as someone incapable of taking on a even bigger task such as Selangor menteri besar.

"If from the start, she does not have the capability to answer or ask questions in Parliament, to ask questions in the state assembly or even to have dialogue with the opposition in the state assembly, how to become a leader?

"It cannot be," he told a briefing to party supporters in Marang, Terengganu yesterday, which was uploaded on YouTube.

Hadi ( left )was responding to a question on whether PAS had refused to back Wan Azizah as menteri besar due to her gender but did not mention her by name.

He dismissed the gender argument, stating that there were many conditions to become menteri besar and among them was one's capability.

"These conditions were not fulfilled, if these condition are not fulfilled then they cannot become a leader. It is not because someone is a woman or a man.

"So the fact is, we rejected the candidate in Selangor is because she is not qualified from the beginning, not because she is a woman.

"It cannot be, (she) is not capable of handling the Selangor administration. It requires someone who is strong enough to take care of Selangor," he said.

Missed briefing causes embrassment

Wan Azizah, a trained doctor, served as Permatang Pauh MP from 1999 to 2008.

She won in the Kajang by-election in March to became its state assemblyperson.

In her first session in the state assembly, all questions submitted by Wan Azizah ( right ) were rejected for not following House procedure.

However, Selangor speaker Hannah Yeoh said Wan Azizah was a newcomer and had missed the briefing on the standing orders which was held before she joined the state assembly.

Nonetheless, it was used by her opponents to attack her capability.

Both PKR and DAP have endorsed Wan Azizah as their sole candidate to replace Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim who has lost majority support in the state assembly.

The PAS central committee, too, has endorsed Wan Azizah but also proposed an alternative candidate, her party deputy Azmin Ali.

However, Hadi's office on Wednesday submitted three names to the Selangor palace for consideration, going against the PAS central committee's omission of Wan Azizah and Azmin's names.