After all out war over ‘beer' Selangor PAS commissioner Hasan Ali and DAP central committee member Ronnie Liu decided to bury the hatchet today.

They sealed the pact witnessed by senior Pakatan Rakyat leaders and the media; standing side by side, they shook hands at the coalition's press conference held at the Tropicana Golf Resort, Damansara today.

The press conference, which was held in conjunction with a "Strengthening Pakatan Rakyat" seminar, was led by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar ( below,centre ) who is also PKR de facto leader revealed that the differences between both of them have been "settled peacefully".

NONE "However, we are still holding to our principles that we will not allow any easy access to alcoholic beverages among Muslims without infringing the rights of the non-Muslims. So we have no problem with it," said Anwar.

The open squabble broke out when Hasan accused Liu of interfering with Shah Alam City Council's (MBSA) decision to confiscate alcoholic beverages from a convenience store.

He also suggested that the state government should "shift" Liu's portfolio of local authorities and development to someone else with better credibility.

Liu has, however, denied this repeatedly,saying his role was limited to 'advising' MBSA that the raid on a 7-11 outlet in Section 8, Shah Alam, was illegal and not in line with state government policy.

But the squabble did not end there as state DAP deputy chairperson and PJ Utara MP Tony Pua rose to Liu's defence, demanding that Hasan answer to Pakatan's disciplinary committee for his "unwarranted and unjustified" move.

With the latest development, it is clear now that no action will be taken against Hasan by Pakatan for his call against his colleague.

Shifting portfolio a ‘non issue'

While speaking to reporters later, both Liu and Hasan sat down together publicly for the first time since the beer controversy broke out.

Grinning from ear to ear, the two even managed to shake hands again in front of the press as proof that their differences have been set aside.

However, Hasan seemed to have changed his tune when he was asked if he was still determined to ask the state government to change Liu's portfolio as he had suggested earlier.

NONE "We have agreed with the menteri besar who decided that there will be no shift of portfolio. Besides, he is my boss (and we have to agree with him)," said Hasan ( left) .

He also denied that PAS was involved in organising a road show to protest against Liu over the beer ban.

"We never discussed holding such a road show. We never even got any phone calls regarding the matter...this is just Umno propaganda," said Hasan.

He was confident that whatever had happened will make the coalition "stronger" and further improve their performance in the next general election.

Echoing Hasan, Liu reiterated that party leaders should not be afraid of having differences as it is more important to work together and settle problems.

"In fact, we have self-regulation ( mechansim on beer sale) now, but we will leave it to the experiment and wait for something good come out from it," said Liu.

However, both were evasive when asked whether they had apologised to each other.

"I think we should be looking at the latest allegation from Tiong King Sing (Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd chief executive officer) against Ong Tee Keat (MCA president and transport minister) yesterday," Liu said, cutting the press conference short.