An elderly man found stabbed to death in the southern city of Tyre was identified as Salman Mohammed Khyami, father of Zayd Khyami, Director General of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

A personal dispute over fireworks that aggravated into an arms fight in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh left one person injured, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

A personal dispute followed by gun shooting erupted in Hay al-Zainab near the vegetable market in al-Tahtani street inside Ain el-Hilweh, NNA said.

Speaker Nabih Berri emphasized that a proposal to reallocate Maronite seats from Muslim-majority to Christian-majority districts is completely “unacceptable,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“We can never accept such a proposal and a major questions arises here: What is the purpose of this concept? Winds of division are blowing in the region and here we are amid these atmospheres going for a sectarian separation. This is totally unacceptable,” Berri told the daily.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Sunday that the proportional representation electoral system would “put an end to monopolization inside sects,” adding that the FPM is seeking to become “the third Shiite movement” in the country.

Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh warned Sunday against moving certain parliamentary seats across some electoral districts as reportedly demanded by the Free Patriotic Movement-Lebanese Forces alliance.

The security situation in the outskirts of the eastern border town of Arsal has returned to the spotlight after Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's remarks in two consecutive speeches about the need for the evacuation of Syrian militants from the area.

MP George Adwan's electoral proposal involves moving three Maronite seats from Muslim-majority districts but sources close to Speaker Nabih Berri have said that the speaker, Hizbullah and Prime Minister Saad Hariri have strongly objected against the suggestion.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has hailed the major breakthrough that MP George Adwan has managed to create in the electoral law negotiations as a “miracle.”

The political forces have become “in the last 50 meters of the race towards the electoral law and the atmosphere is very positive,” sources informed on MP George Adwan's efforts have said.

The upcoming parliamentary elections will apparently be held under a new law based on proportional representation, media reports said on Sunday.