The Kataeb Party on Monday called on parliamentary blocs to “end obstruction” and secure the needed quorum for the election of a new president, stressing that the parliament cannot act in legislative capacity amid a presidential vacuum.

In a statement issued after the weekly meeting of its political bureau, the party urged lawmakers to “abide by their constitutional and national duty and elect a president in order to put an end to the current state of vacuum and contribute to restoring balance and orderly work at state institutions.”

Al-Meqdad clan handed over at dawn on Monday the killer of a Shuqair family member in the Bekaa town of Nahle.

"Mohammed Shuqair was killed after receiving shots in the head when a car intercepted the vehicle he was inside on Sunday afternoon,” the Internal Security Forces said in a communique.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly lamented on Monday the parliament's failure to elect a new president, expressing the U.N.'s regret over the emergence of vacuum in the presidency.

He said: “We underline again that there is no international impediment to the election.”

British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher stressed on Monday the need for the election of a president in Lebanon, saying that the opportunity to choose a President “Made in Lebanon” remains despite the vacuum in the presidency.

He said: “We are in a new phase. But Lebanon has come through tough times before. With the right spirit of responsibility and compromise Lebanon can come through this.”

Speaker Nabih Berri set June 9 as a new session to elect a president, reported the National News Agency on Monday.

This will mark the sixth presidential elections session.

Syrian warplanes raided on Monday the outskirts of the border town of Arsal in northern Bekaa with several missiles.

The National News Agency reported that the area of Wadi Hmeid on the outskirts of Arsal was targeted with four missiles.

The March alliance is seeking to take measures that will pressure officials to exert efforts to hold the presidential elections and condemn the vacuum that emerged following the end of the term of President Michel Suleiman over the weekend, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa on Monday.

March 14 sources told the daily that contacts are being held in order to stage popular demonstrations to pressure officials to speed up staging the elections.

Lebanese authorities are carrying out the necessary measures to deport a detained Saudi national based on an official request by Saudi Arabia to try him over several charges in his home country.

Sources said in comments published on Monday in the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that the competent Lebanese authorities are wrapping up judicial, diplomatic and security documents that are necessary to hand over Saudi national Abdullah Ahmed Mohammed al-Bishi to Saudi authorities.

The United Nations Security Council is mulling a French draft resolution regarding the importance of electing a new head of state in Lebanon and end the presidential deadlock.

According to a report published on Monday in the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat, the Security Council is discussing ways to convince the political arch-foes to elect a new president to fortify state institutions and safeguard the country.

Head of the Kataeb Party Amin Gemayel stressed that the March 14 alliance fulfilled its duties towards the presidential elections, lamenting the consequent vacuum in the presidency, which he said will negatively affect Lebanon's credibility, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah on Monday.

He told the daily: “We will undoubtedly face constitutional repercussions as a result of the vacuum.”