Al-Mustaqbal bloc is set to announce on Tuesday a proposal to hold this year's parliamentary polls based on the 1960 law with some amendments and establishing a senate through the so-called Orthodox Gathering proposal, al-Akhbar daily reported.

The newspaper said the proposal will be made following the bloc's weekly meeting under the chairmanship of former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora.

Phalange leader Amin Gemayel has said that the March 14 opposition alliance was exerting strong efforts to preserve the coalition despite electoral differences.

“The efforts are currently being exerting to achieve true partnership while preserving the March 14 (alliance) and the national interest,” Gemayel told An Nahar daily following talks with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Paris on Monday.

France is keen that the Lebanese parliamentary elections are held as scheduled in June, while lamenting the failure of the political factions to reach an agreement over a new electoral law, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Saturday.

An official French source told the daily: “French President Francois Hollande hopes that the elections will be held on time” and he will relay this message to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and Phalange Party chief Amin Gemayel.

Several independent Christian figures intend to launch a campaign to persuade politicians and the Lebanese people to adopt an electoral law that focuses on Lebanon as a nation and not on sectarian divisions.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Friday, the Christian figures will kick off their campaign in the upcoming days and will seek to convince the seat of the Maronite church in Bkirki, the rival March 14 and 8 alliances, in addition to the public opinion to “prioritize Lebanon over sectarian” divisions in any adopted electoral law.

The Free Syrian Army announced on Thursday that it has several suggestions for the kidnappers of Lebanese pilgrims in Syria's Aazaz and these will be discussed during their talks in the coming few hours.

“We have decided to resume our mediation in the pilgrims' case after (former Prime Minister) Saad Hariri insisted we do so,” the FSA's Political and Media Coordinator Louay Meqdad said, adding that a delegation of FSA officers will meet with the abductors in Aazaz soon.

The rebel Free Syrian Army announced on Wednesday that it has resumed its mediation concerning the Lebanese abductees in Syria's Aazaz at the request of ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

“(The head of the FSA) Riad al-Asaad has worked very hard on this issue and al-Farouq battalion even surrendered its weapons to release the kidnapped Lebanese,” al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Oqab Saqr said in an interview on Future TV.

Mufti of Tripoli and the North Sheikh Malek al-Shaar disclosed his intentions Thursday to return to Lebanon, pointing out that former Prime Minister Saad Hariri holds the same will, the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah daily reported.

“The necessary arrangements for my personal safety are underway to pave for my return to Lebanon,” al-Shaar told the daily after a meeting with Hariri at his residence in Paris on Tuesday.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri may return to Lebanon in light of the agreement reached between the March 14 opposition and Speaker Nabih Berri over the resumption of parliamentary subcommittee meetings, reported the daily Ad Diyar on Tuesday.

A mediator between Berri and Hariri told the daily: “The former premier is seriously considering returning to Lebanon within two months of the time that the opposition had agreed to resuming contacts with the speaker.”

Lebanese lawyer Rashad Salameh filed on Tuesday a lawsuit against al-Mustaqbal movement lawmaker Oqab Saqr for allegedly sending arms to Syrian rebels.

The lawyer agreed last week to file the lawsuit at the behest of Syrian authorities against several people allegedly involved in arming the Syrian opposition.

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Monday that the March 14 alliance will not participate in any dialogue session unless it discusses Hizbullah's arms.

Hariri took to Twitter to respond to Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's Sunday speech, accusing him of always seeking to “abandon the constitutional institutions”.