On Thursday, the LF leader stressed that Aoun had the choice to participate in the upcoming cabinet based on Hariri's terms or remain in the opposition.

Sources involved in ongoing contacts to form the government told An Nahar daily that intense negotiations could lead to some developments on Friday. They said setting a date for a new meeting between Hariri and Aoun could be among the latest developments.

Meanwhile, Change and Reform bloc sources stressed that the FPM leader's latest statement did not break contacts with Hariri, "rather it repaired the track of cabinet formation."

Caretaker Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil said the FPM is with the quick formation of a government. "However, we have a minimum level of demands which the PM-designate knows and we won't relinquish them," he said.

"Let him give us our rights and the cabinet would be formed tomorrow," Bassil told An Nahar, stressing that the principle of rotating ministerial portfolios should be implemented on everyone or portfolios should be left to each side in their current form in the caretaking cabinet.

MP Suleiman Franjieh was also on Thursday among opposition leaders who accused Geagea of provoking Aoun. "Some behaved as if they were victorious and as if the opposition team and the FPM were defeated" in the parliamentary elections, he said.

However, he still believed that the cabinet would be formed within days.