A PKR MP will resign next week to pave way for party president-elect Anwar Ibrahim's comeback, said party vice-president Rafizi Ramli.

This was revealed during a ceramah in Kota Bharu last night.

"Next week, a seat will be declared vacant for Anwar ... God willing, Anwar will be returning to Parliament," he said.

He said while there were some PKR MPs who were not prepared to make way for Anwar, many were willing to do so.

Rafizi specifically mentioned the party's deputy president Mohamed Azmin Ali and Women’s chief Zuraida Kamaruddin as those who would not.

"Zuraida refuses. No problem. Azmin refuses. No problem. Many others are willing," said Rafizi, who is contesting against Azmin in the PKR elections. Zuraida is seen to be a close ally of Azmin.

Approximately 800,000 PKR members are eligible to vote in the party polls involving 218 divisions nationwide.

The polling will kick off on Sept 14 in Kelantan and Terengganu, followed by other states, and is expected to end on Oct 13 in Sabah.

Rafizi said PKR's agenda was to ensure that Anwar is made the party president, an MP and eventually Malaysia's eighth prime minister.

"We have told Anwar: 'Do not take the easy route. Don't think that people inside and outside the party will give way (for you to be prime minister). Being the de facto leader of the party is not enough.

"So we worked towards ensuring that he becomes the party president at the party elections," said Rafizi.

Anwar has repeatedly stated that he will make his return to Parliament before the end of the year.

Pakatan Harapan had agreed that Anwar will succeed Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister, although no time frame has been set.