Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat has accused Speaker Nabih Berri of being a Hizbullah tool after two Shiite judges boycotted the meetings of the Constitutional Council.
In an interview with An Nahar daily published Sunday, Fatfat said: “What happened at the Constitutional Council showed that Nabih Berri is an execution tool to what Hizbullah says.”

The number of signatures on a memo that the March 14 alliance seeks to hand President Michel Suleiman on Hizbullah's role in Syria has reached more than 50, An Nahar daily reported on Sunday.
Pan-Arab daily al-Hayat quoted March 14 officials as saying that a delegation will visit Suleiman on Tuesday.

President Michel Suleiman called on Saturday on the army to pursue the assailants who fired rockets on the Bekaa city of Baalbek and to maintain the security of the Lebanese people.
“The army should pursue the assailants,” Suleiman stated.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam is expected to relaunch a new round of efforts to form a new government by continuing his meetings with top officials, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper Saturday.
It revealed that he is scheduled to hold talks with President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday at the Baabda Palace.

The March 14 forces have completed a memorandum on their position on Hizbullah's fighting in Syria, reported the daily An Nahar Saturday.
It said that the memorandum will likely be submitted to President Michel Suleiman soon.

The Independence Movement on Friday hit back at Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh, accusing him of forgetting “a country called Lebanon” and voiced surprise that he linked the anniversary of the assassination of his father Tony Franjieh to the battle of “blood and shame” in Qusayr.
Franjieh “has crossed the ethical limits and the most basic rules of political conduct,” the Independence Movement said in a statement.

U.S. Ambassador Maura Connelly has reiterated that the Constitutional Council's failure to meet without the interference of Lebanon's political leaders undermines the confidence of the international community in the country.
“It is for the Constitutional Council and its members alone to rule on the matters before it, but what is most important is that the Council meets as required by law and that it considers the issues before it without political interference,” Connelly said in remarks at an entrepreneurship reception held at the embassy in Awkar on Thursday night.

March 14 alliance leaders held a consultative meeting on Thursday night to discuss a memo they plan to refer to President Michel Suleiman on Hizbullah's involvement in Syria's war, An Nahar daily reported.
The newspaper said Friday that the memo had received the final approval of all parties that make up the March 14 coalition.

Lebanese authorities have sent a “memo” to the U.N. Security Council on Syrian air raids and rocket attacks and “filed a complaint” with the Arab League over the assaults carried out by Syrian regime troops and the rebel Free Syrian Army, government sources said Friday.
The sources told An Nahar daily that the two moves were made on Thursday night after reports that President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour had argued on what measures to take.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly stressed on Thursday the U.N.'s keenness on Lebanon's stability and stability.
He said after holding talks with Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam that the recent security “developments illustrate yet again the need for a government capable of addressing the many challenges which Lebanon now faces.”
