Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat revealed on Thursday that he asked Speaker Nabih Berri to reconsider former Prime Minister Saad Hariri's electoral initiative that calls for electing a senate along with holding the parliamentary elections, and later introducing the reforms mentioned in the Taef Accord.

"We have asked Berri to revisit Hariri's suggestion and he showed high responsiveness to our request,” Fatfat said after meeting with the speaker in Ain al-Tineh.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc lawmakers criticized on Thursday Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for allegedly backing off from a deal reached between the rival political leaders last year to keep Lebanon away from the policy of regional and international conflicts.

In remarks to Future TV, MP Ammar Houri said that Nasrallah “has announced his party's withdrawal from the Baabda Declaration.”

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri slammed on Wednesday Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's latest speech, saying that he has completely “written off the Lebanese state” and substituted it with the party.

He said in a statement: “The most dangerous remark by Nasrallah was not his position on the Syrian revolt or his undying defense of President Bashar Assad, but his suicidal link of the fate of Lebanon to that of Syria.”

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned on Tuesday Hizbullah's fighting in Syria alongside the Syrian regime, warning that it will drag Lebanon towards the strife that President Bashar Assad had “vowed to spread in the region.”

He said in a statement: “Hizbullah's actions in Syria are a crime against Lebanon and the Lebanese and Syria and its people.”

The March 8 camp will continue to facilitate Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam's mission to form a new government amid an agreement being allegedly reached between its members, reported various media outlets on Saturday.

As Safir newspaper said that a meeting had taken place Friday morning between the Hizbullah leader's aide Hussein Khalil, Speaker Nabih Berri's political aide caretaker Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun's aide caretaker Minister Jebran Bassil during which they agree on core issues over the new government that they will not waiver on.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati expressed relief on Monday over the achievements made by the cabinet that he led from 2011 until his resignation last month, pointing out that ties with the rival parties, without exception, are “good.”

“I acted according to my conscience and national duties... I wasn't waiting for a compliment from anyone... Only the people can judge my actions,” Miqati said in an interview with As Safir newspaper.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miaqati expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its willingness to nominate him to form the new cabinet, assuring that he will run for the 2013 parliamentary elections, al-Akhbar daily quoted him as saying.

“Saudi Arabia wanted to name me to form the new cabinet, but (ex-PM Saad) Hariri declined,” he told the paper in an interview on Saturday, adding that he will run for the upcoming polls, but is currently waiting for an electoral law to be approved and adopted.

MP Tamman Salam is expected to be named the prime minister of a new government amid reports that his nomination is part of a Saudi Arabian settlement that includes the formation of the cabinet and staging of the parliamentary elections.

LBCI television said Friday that the elections will likely be postponed to September or October at the latest.

Attention has shifted towards MP Tammam Salam amid reports that he will be named the head of a new government, especially in light of his recent visit to Saudi Arabia.

Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) said that Salam met with Saudi Intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan in Riyadh.

Binding consultations for naming a prime minister-designate are likely to result in nearly 60 MPs in favor of the March 14 alliance's candidate, An Nahar daily reported on Thursday as MP Tammam Salam held talks with al-Mustaqbal movement leader Saad Hariri, a sign that he is the coalition's candidate.

The newspaper said that another 58 MPs would come in support of the March 8 camp's nominee while the rest of the lawmakers would not name any PM-designate who will be tasked with forming the new cabinet less than a month after the resignation of Caretaker Premier Najib Miqati.