Former Selangor menteri besar Muhammad Muhammad Taib has called on Pakatan Rakyat parties to submit more names to the palace with regard to the MB post.

The former Umno man, who is now with PAS, said if the palace wanted more names, then this must be done immediately.

"All three parties must calm down and immediately send more names for consideration," Muhammad said.

Speaking at a forum on the Selangor MB crisis at the Karangkraf headquarters in Shah Alam, he argued that PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is "overqualified" for the post.

Muhammad said the wife of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was better qualified compared to most MBs who held the post before this.

"She is one of the best candidates to be MB," he added, without elaborating.

In a cryptic remark, Muhammad also criticised outsiders for meddling in the state’s affairs but did not mention who he was referring to.

"I'm a Selangor resident, this is my state. People from outside Selangor do not have to come here and insist their values here," he said.

As for PAS, Muhammad warned the Islamic party that it cannot risk losing Chinese and Indian support in the elections.

He also shot down the idea of a PAS-Umno cooperation.

"A PAS-Umno cooperation is not good. We already have a two-party system in the country.

"Let PAS be with Pakatan and let Umno be with their components. You do not like one of them, you choose the other," he said.

"Remember, if Chinese and Indians do not vote for PAS, PAS will lose. I have been through so many elections, I know.

"When they vote for you, they will do so in droves. When they desert you, they will all do so," he added.

Meanwhile, constitutional expert Abdul Aziz Bari, who also sat on the panel, said the water deal being signed by the Selangor state government can be challenged by the new state government.

This is because the legality of the Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, whose resignation has merely been delayed until a successor is appointed, is "questionable."

"The deal will be binding on the new government but this can be challenged in court," he added.

He said that Khalid cannot be considered a "caretaker" MB because that only applies to a situation during or post elections.

"I''m still looking for a term to describe his position. He lost his majority. He should have immediately resigned," he added.