The Constitutional Council is reportedly divided on challenges made by President Michel Suleiman and MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform Bloc on the 17-month extension of parliament's mandate.

As Safir daily said Saturday that five Christian members are likely to approve the challenge but five other Muslim members prefer to reject it. The report came despite the secrecy in the council's meetings.

The March 14 alliance's leaders are expected to approve a memo informing the Arab world and the international community that the majority of the Lebanese disapprove Hizbullah's involvement in the war in Syria, An Nahar daily reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said that the coalition's officials are set to hold a meeting next week to study the repercussions of the role that Hizbullah fighters are playing in Syria.

President Michel Suleiman on Friday warned that Lebanon can no longer cope with the burden of Syrian refugees, stressing that some statements on the Syrian crisis do not reflect the Lebanese official stance.

During a meeting with the ambassadors of the U.N. Security Council member states, Suleiman rejected "any foreign military intervention in Syria and any Lebanese intervention in the Syrian crisis."

General Prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi requested on Thursday lifting immunity off al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Mohammed Kabbara a day after President Michel Suleiman decided to file a lawsuit against him.

Madi submitted the request to caretaker Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi, who will in turn refer it to the parliament.

The March 14 coalition will hold successive meetings to discuss the situation in the northeastern town of Arsal, An Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday.

According to the newspaper the alliance is deeply concerned about the situation in Arsal and describes it as “delicate.”

President Michel Suleiman called on Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam to swiftly form his cabinet as the ongoing vacuum has a negative impact on the situation in the country.

“The situation requires all the political powers to take decisive stances,” Suleiman said according to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Thursday.

President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday decided to file a lawsuit against MP Mohammed Kabbara over the lawmaker's accusations concerning the situation in Tripoli, state-run National News Agency reported, confirming an earlier Naharnet report.

Suleiman “asked the Public Prosecution to file a lawsuit against MP Mohammed Abdul Latif Kabbara for accusing the president of collusion” against Tripoli, NNA said.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam said on Wednesday that all parties should exert efforts to facilitate the formation of his cabinet.

“The delay in the formation is caused by the constitutional challenge,” Salam's visitors quoted him as saying.

Army units on Tuesday launched a crackdown on gunmen in Jabal Mohsen and started removing barricades and sandbags from the Tripoli neighborhood, ahead of taking the same measures in the adjacent districts.

Abdul Latif Saleh, spokesman for the Arab Democratic Party, the main political and military force in Jabal Mohsen, welcomed the step but demanded a similar crackdown in the rival neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati signed a week ago the new wage scale draft-law, which was approved by the cabinet in March, and referred it to President Michel Suleiman.

According to local newspapers published on Tuesday, the presidency received the public sector draft-law on Monday and legal experts will study it.