Just a day after a peace deal between two warring factions in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a video was played at its national congress last night, crediting deputy president Azmin Ali for the ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition's win at last year's general election.

The video also hailed him as the peacemaker and broker of PKR's new-found relationship with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.

The clip, played to some 1,000 delegates at the Melaka International Trade Centre just before Datuk Seri Azmin's speech, urged members to stop "sabotaging" Mr Azmin, and said the ruling coalition must stay united.

Delegates stood up and gave resounding cheers for the Economic Affairs Minister.

"Keadilan must remain Pakatan Harapan's Rock of Gibraltar for stability and durability," Mr Azmin said in his speech officiating the women and youth wings' congress, ignoring the elephant in the room - his feud with party president Anwar Ibrahim.

He called on party delegates to unite and support Tun Dr Mahathir, but there was no mention of Datuk Seri Anwar in his speech.

Mr Anwar is meant to succeed Dr Mahathir as premier under an agreement between member parties of PH, but there is no specific date for the handover.

Mr Azmin said: "Working hand in hand with all our partners in this formidable coalition, we will continue to strive for progress and reform for the nation."

He acknowledged that as a party, there will be challenges and differences in opinion, but that these can be resolved with unity and mutual respect.

"We will emerge stronger than ever!" he said, adding that the party will face 7.8 million new voters in the next general election, due by 2023.

Later, he told a press conference that his relationship with Mr Anwar is "always good".

Kuala Lumpur PKR young women's chief Akhmar Sari Mohd Nazri, who was at the congress, said the tussle between rival factions led by Mr Anwar and Mr Azmin had split the party, but maintained that the majority of party members supported Mr Anwar.

"The next PM will be Anwar," she told The Straits Times.

The power struggle between Mr Azmin and Mr Anwar came to a head this week, with Mr Azmin's camp planning a "parallel congress" in Kuala Lumpur, and allegations of sexual harassment surfacing on Wednesday against Mr Anwar.

The alternate party meeting was planned after Mr Azmin was unceremoniously dropped from opening the youth congress.

Cordial relations seem to have been restored after Mr Azmin and Mr Anwar met on Wednesday and agreed that Mr Azmin would launch the youth congress as per party tradition and that any parallel event would be cancelled.

Nevertheless, Mr Anwar still issued a warning yesterday that any party delegates who attend an alternate congress in Kuala Lumpur would risk being sacked.

The four-day party congress continues until Sunday.