A meeting held between Speaker Nabih Berri and the head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc Fouad Saniora will likely facilitate an agreement among rival lawmakers on the controversial electoral draft-law, media reports said Friday.

An Nahar daily quoted informed sources as saying that talks between Berri and Saniora at the head of a delegation from al-Mustaqbal could clarify the common ground between the March 8 majority alliance and the March 14 opposition alliance on the draft-law.

A delegation from the March 14 opposition's al-Mustaqbal movement is seeking to meet with Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss with him its rejection of the so-called Orthodox Gathering proposal on the parliamentary elections, sources said Sunday.

The al-Mustaqbal sources told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that the delegation will ask for a meeting with Berri to discuss with him the proposal and alternatives to it in an attempt to revive dialogue between the two sides after talks were held around two months ago between al-Mustaqbal bloc leader MP Fouad Saniora and the speaker.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly met with former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora early Thursday and later on met with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri where talks focused on the ongoing conflict in Syria.

“I just had a very good meeting with Speaker Berri, as I did earlier this morning with former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora,” Plumbly said in a statement.

Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc leader MP Fouad Saniora openly rejected on Thursday any electoral law based on proportional representation, expressing annoyance over the stances taken by his March 14 allies over the Orthodox Gathering draft-law, media reports said.

According to An Nahar newspaper, Saniora said that “no proportional law will be adopted under the hegemony of Hizbullah arms that is similar to the Syrian tutelage.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati announced on Monday that he agreed with former premiers to take several measures to end the dispute over the elections at the Higher Islamic Council, noting that he will inform Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani about them later in the day.

“We took several decisions and I will inform Qabbani about them tonight,” Miqati said following talks with former PMs Fouad Saniora, Omar Karami and Salim al-Hoss at the Grand Serail.

The March 14 opposition coalition will inform President Michel Suleiman about its official stance from the national dialogue session set to be held on January 7 after the New Year, sources said Sunday.

The informed sources told An Nahar newspaper that the alliance's leaders are waiting for the president's return from his vacation abroad to hold consultations and inform him about their position from the all-party talks.

Head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora noted on Friday that Prime Minister Najib Miqati's recent proposal over the resignation of the government does not help ease the political crisis in Lebanon.

He said during a press conference from his Sidon office: “Miqati's proposal does not end the political deadlock, but it only adds new conditions to resolving it.”

President Michel Suleiman told the Mufti of Tripoli and the north Sheikh Malek al-Shaar on Friday that he is following up on the alleged threats the clergyman is receiving and that made him decide to extend his stay in Europe.

"I have been contacted by several officials advising me not to return to Lebanon,” al-Shaar told the Central News Agency, revealing that among the callers was Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.

Al-Mustaqbal movement described on Friday Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's initiative to resolve the country's political crisis as “positive,” reiterating demands that the cabinet steps down.

“The resignation of the cabinet is the solution to defuse the tension in the country,” head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc Fouad Saniora said in a statement.

A delegation from the Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, headed by MP Fouad Saniora, held talks on Tuesday with visiting Cypriot Speaker Yiannakis Omirou on latest developments and the need to bolster ties between Lebanon and Cyprus.

Saniora said after the meeting: “We discussed common causes, especially the need to demarcate the Exclusive Economic Zone between the two countries.”