Influential preacher Wan Ji Wan Hussin has predicted that PKR president Anwar Ibrahim will soon be "slaughtered" by his deputy Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Drawing comparisons to Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu, Wan Ji said Azmin was adept at using his opponent's weapons to his advantage.

Wan Ji said Azmin had become the main beneficiary of the 2014 'Kajang move', while the architects of the manoeuvre ended up looking bad.

He said Azmin was also skilled at portraying himself as an Anwar loyalist, while subtly putting down the president when the opportunity presents itself.

"As a minister, Azmin tries to show he has more to offer than Anwar.

"You can see that in (Azmin's) speeches in Parliament, or any speeches where Anwar is present," the preacher said in a statement today.

Wan Ji (photo) also opined that Azmin was good at deciding when to speak up and when not to, unlike Anwar or his chief rival Rafizi Ramli.

"After winning the deputy presidency, (Azmin's) speech sounded like it contained barbs against Rafizi.

"In truth, (Azmin) was aiming for Anwar. We heard it (ourselves). (Azmin's) voice changed whenever he said the word 'Ibrahim'.

"All his past rivals were 'bin Ibrahim' - Khalid Ibrahim and Zaid Ibrahim. This means the next to fall will be 'Anwar Ibrahim'. But he only mentioned Rafizi to disguise this," he said.

Azmin's recent protest against the Anwar's choice of appointments to the party's leadership was, to Wan Ji, the signal that the student was going after the master.

Anwar had decided on the appointment of key positions in the party leadership on Friday after chairing the central leadership council (MPP) meeting.

However, Azmin and several allies have claimed that the appointments did not reflect "just and fair representation."