Centrist Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat is keen to maintain the ties with Speaker Nabih Berri to safeguard the national unity, calling on the political foes to kick off consultations to form the new cabinet.

“My stance will always remain in harmony with Berri over the name of the nominee to head the government and maintaining the national unity,” Jumblat said in comments published in As Safir newspaper on Wednesday.

Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora is expected to hold talks on Wednesday with Speaker Nabih Berri as part of consultations among foes over the new electoral law, An Nahar newspaper reported.

According to the daily, Mustaqbal MP Ahmed Fatfat and ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri's adviser Mohammed Shatah, who are tasked by the bloc to tackle the electoral law with the rival parties, will also hold talks with the speaker.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati has called for a roadmap to choose a consensus premier for the new cabinet and for holding a national dialogue to discuss several controversial issues.

In remarks to local newspapers published Wednesday, Miqati said: “If I say that I don't want to remain in power I would be a liar.”

The closing statement of the Doha Arab Summit called on Tuesday for providing support to the Lebanese military institution, urging also the adoption of the cabinet's plan for rescuing Syria's refugees.

“We reiterate our full support to Lebanon and to its cabinet and we pledge to preserve the country's security and stability,” the closing statement said.

Tit-for-tat kidnappings continued on Tuesday in the Bekaa region between the Jaafar clan and the residents of the town of Arsal.

A minibus driver identified as Issam Mohammed Jaafar was abducted in al-Zaytoun area in northern Bekaa, while a pickup truck belonging to Khaled Ezzedine was found empty in the outskirts of the town of Iaat and he is believed to have been kidnapped, state-run National News Agency reported.

President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday called on the Arab states to “share the burden” of hosting the Syrian refugees and urged them to seek the release of nine Lebanese pilgrims abducted by an armed group in the Syrian town of Aazaz.

“The number of Syrian refugees has surged and it is now equivalent to one quarter of Lebanon's population. Although the Lebanese state has decided not to close the border, the situations indicate that the security problems will increase and this requires a serious discussion in order to find a solution to this aggravating problem in a country based on delicate checks and balances,” Suleiman said in his address at the Arab Summit in Doha.

Bahrain's parliament approved on Tuesday in an unprecedented step an urgent proposal to label Hizbullah a terrorist organization, calling on the cabinet to coordinate with the country's Foreign Ministry and with its counterparts in the Gulf Cooperation Council's nations to put the suggestion in force.

The proposal was referred to the cabinet after it succeeded in receiving a majority vote at the parliament.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc expressed on Tuesday that it sees “the future in a positive light now after the cabinet has resigned”, noting that it looks forwards to the role President Michel Suleiman will play.

"Suleiman's openness to all factions and his respect for constitutional requirements will allow a transition towards a stage of cooperation between political parties,” al-Mustaqbal said in a released statement after the lawmakers' weekly meeting at the Center House.

Prosecutor General Hatem Madi on Tuesday referred the case of the attack on Muslim clerics in Khandaq al-Ghamiq and Shiyyah as well as the seven detainees to the Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Beirut.

The case was referred together with the lawsuit filed by Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani over the attacks.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday announced that he will take part in national dialogue only if it will tackle the thorny issue of the electoral law.

“We want the electoral law to come first and we would discuss the government after that. The government is not as important as the constitutional junctures that have certain deadlines,” said Aoun after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.