Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora will head a delegation to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks with former PM Saad Hariri to brief him on the ongoing consultations among the parties affiliated in March 14 alliance.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Friday, Saniora and the accompanying delegation will discuss with Hariri, who is currently in Riyadh, the formation of the cabinet, the new electoral law and the critical situation the country is passing through.

Centrist Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat is exerting efforts to reach consensus among foes over the formation of the new cabinet and the name of the candidate to the premiership, media reports said on Thursday.

Sources close to Jumblat said in comments published in An Nahar newspaper that the rival March 8 and 14 alliances are intensifying talks over the formation of the government to resolve the dispute.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani on Tuesday held former premiers Saad Hariri and Fouad Saniora “responsible for any attempt on his life or any harm he may suffer”, expressing that they will be "stigmatized" for trying to release him from his duties.

"I will remain Lebanon's Mufti until the end of my mandate or until I am deceased,” Qabbani confirmed during a meeting with a Syndicate of Editors' delegation.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc head MP Fouad Saniora hailed on Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati's cabinet, considering that the premiers move will “benefit” Lebanon.

“Although it came late, the important thing is that it happened... It will be a breakthrough for the crises linked to the government,” Saniora said in comments published in the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper.

Former premier Fouad Saniora on Friday announced that the government's resignation “opens the door to returning to dialogue,” voicing concerns over the likely postponement of parliamentary elections.

“We believe that this government should have resigned a long time ago and it has opened a new window for correcting its faulty performance and it has also opened the door to dialogue,” Saniora said in a phone interview with Al-Arabiya.

Former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora stressed on Friday the importance of holding elections on time, accusing the March 8 coalition of being “intransigent and unwilling to reach an electoral law that enjoys consensus”.

“Several efforts have been exerted to reconcile viewpoints in a bid to reach a proposal that enjoys consensus among the Lebanese,” Saniora said after meeting with independent March 14 figures at MP Butros Harb's office.

Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora on Friday strongly condemned Damascus' “threat” to bomb what it called “terrorist gangs” operating in Lebanese territory, urging the government to inform the Arab League and the U.N. of the warning.

“We have already reiterated several times our firm rejection of turning Lebanon and the Lebanese border into a place and launchpad for interfering in the Syrian affairs, while expressing our solidarity with the goals of the Syrian revolution and offering political and media support,” Saniora said in a statement.

The dispute over the Higher Islamic Council elections deepened on Thursday amid increasing tension between Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani.

LBCI reported that the Mufti filed on Thursday a lawsuit against anyone found suspicious of “forging” the extension of the Higher Islamic Council's term.

Consensus between rival parties on a hybrid electoral draft-law was on Wednesday not looming on the horizon after reports said that Hizbullah rejected it and talks between March 14 opposition officials and the Progressive Socialist Party slowed.

Hizbullah informed Speaker Nabih Berri that it rejected the hybrid proposal, which a team of experts and MPs from the opposition al-Mustaqbal movement and the centrist Progressive Socialist Party are seeking to draft, al-Liwaa daily reported.

Efforts are ongoing between members of the March 14 camp and other political powers in Lebanon in order to reach an agreement over a new parliamentary electoral law, reported the daily An Nahar Saturday.

Head of the Mustaqbal bloc Fouad Saniora's circles told the daily that the discussions, which have been described as “positive”, included the bloc, March 14 figures, and the Progressive Socialist Party.