Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Sunday this year's polls should be postponed if a hybrid draft-law was adopted to pave way for raising awareness on the new law.

In remarks to Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5), Charbel said: “We will have to postpone the parliamentary elections if the hybrid law was adopted because we should raise the awareness of the electorates on the new law.”

Bulgaria's foreign minister, Nikolay Mladenov, will brief on Monday his European Union counterparts on the investigation into the deadly attack on Israeli tourists last year, which Sofia blamed on Hizbullah.

But the EU foreign ministers are not likely to take any measure against Hizbullah, including listing it as a terrorist organization, over differences between them.

An Appeals Court will soon decide the fate of Lebanese leftist militant Georges Abdallah, who has been jailed for nearly three decades in France, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Sunday.

The newspaper said there was a general belief that a decision would be taken by the court on Feb. 28 to release him.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed on Saturday that at least 283,000 refugees have fled Syria to Lebanon and are currently receiving aid from the Lebanese cabinet, the U.N. and other non-governmental organizations.

“185,000 refugees have been registered so far while 98,000 are awaiting to be added to the list soon,” the UNHCR detailed in its weekly report on the situation of Syrians in Lebanon.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri stated on Saturday that those “protecting the killers of late PM Rafik Hariri have no right to talk about his history”.

Hariri's Twitter statement came as a response to Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's Saturday speech during which he said the late PM was supportive of the party's arms until “peace was reached in the Middle East”.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday that the Lebanese government respects the sovereignty of all countries, in particular, the Arab states.

“The government doesn't interfere in the local affairs of other Arab states and considers all the political rhetoric expresses the opinion of those who say them,” Miqati said in a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour.

Hizbullah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah lashed out on Saturday at ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri, accusing him of trying to strike a settlement over backing him for the premiership, expressing his support to the Orthodox Gathering electoral draft-law.

“You proposed to neutralize the arms of the resistance if we agreed to support you as a premier,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech commemorating Hizbullah’s “martyr leaders.”

The Economic Committees criticized on Saturday Prime Minister Najib Miqati's decision to hold a cabinet session on Monday aimed at approving the new wage scale, announcing the “failure of the economic dialogue in light of the premier's unilateral action.”

They said that they will “boycott upcoming economic dialogue sessions and will keep its meetings open in order to follow up on developments and take the necessary measures to save the national economy.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday that attacking the Lebanese army in the eastern border town of Arsal is rejected after talks with a delegation from the area that called for fair trials.

“Assaulting the army in Arsal is rejected and condemned... The appropriate legal measures will be taken against the offenders,” Miqati pointed out.

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh stressed on Saturday that the rival parties will not reach common ground over the new electoral law, describing the Orthodox Gathering proposal as the draft-law that achieves better representation during the polls.'

“We are heading to vote on the Orthodox law at the parliament,” Franjieh said after holding talks with Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan.