A non-governmental organisation today organised a peaceful gathering to protest Pakatan Rakyat's plans to appoint Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the new menteri besar (MB) of Selangor.

The group calling themselves "Gerak Rakyat Arus Bawahan Selangor" (Grabs) gathered at Shah Alam's Dataran Kemerdekaan this evening to protest the political crisis in Selangor initiated by PKR.  

The spokesman for the group, Hanafiah Hussin said they are protesting the proposal (to make Dr Wan Azizah the MB) as the PKR president was not a Selangor-born.

Meanwhile, a former Sabak Bernam PKR member, Mohd Faisal Idris, said Wan Azizah's appointment was a violation of Pakatan Rakyat's Permatang Pauh Declaration made in 1998, which among others opposed nepotism, cronyism, and fought for justice for all.

"What justice has been accorded to Abdul Khalid when he was not given sufficient time to address the accusations hurled against him by PKR when Anwar himself was given the chance to postpone his appeals (his case in court) for 67 times," he said.

On Thursday, Wan Azizah claimed she had the support of the majority of the Pakatan Rakyat assemblmen in Selangor, including herself and two PAS assemblymen, Saari Sungib (Hulu Klang) and Hasnul Baharuddin (Morib) to take over as the new MB in place of Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, who was expelled from PKR.

Abdul Khalid yesterday had issued a statement saying the Sultan of Selangor had asked him not to make any decision or announcements pertaining the MB post until the sultan returns from overseas on Aug 27.

- Bernama