the lawmakers from Speaker Nabih Berri's Development and Liberation bloc and two from the Tashnag party .
"Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc will meet in Qoreitem at 2:00 pm Monday to rename their leader (Hariri ) as the Prime Minister-designate.
Speaker Nabih Berri's Development and Liberation bloc will also be meeting later today to confirm that their choice is Hariri for PM-designate
MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform bloc and Hezbollah's Loyalty to the Resistance bloc will not be naming Hariri as PM-designate , but are studying the possibility of naming someone else
During an Iftar last night in honor of families and dignitaries from north Lebanon Hariri said :
"He who wants to name Saad Hariri, let him do so and he who doesn't want to name him (Hariri), let him also do so. I will deal likewise with those who don't want to name me."
Hariri reiterated his commitment to the "logic of majority and minority."
He pointed out that the majority March 14 coalition has stretched a hand to the minority March 8 alliance "so we could be together in the government, and not impose conditions on us in the government."
The president is expected to hold the consultations with the parliamentary bloc leaders choice for PM -designate Tuesday and Wednesday .
The president returned yesterday to Baabda from the summer presidential palace of Beiteddine , in the Shouf region of mount Lebanon.
There was some speculation this morning that the president may delay the consultations till after the Eid el Fitr holiday which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan
Hariri stepped down as Premier-designate last Thursday after the opposition rejected his Cabinet lineup proposal.
Monday
22:10 Pharaoun told "Future news": the majority is committed to Hariri , rejects the preconditions of the minority and Speaker Berri is awaiting the password to decide which way to go and there is a group that does not want the government to be formed
20:54 One Palestinian was sentenced for 3 years in jail because he tried to bomb UNIFIL
8:40pm Examining Magistrate Jean Fernaini issued an arrest warrant for Salah Ezzeddine and Youssef Faour.
08:00pm Aoun: “Either we take our full rights, or no one takes their rights at all,”
6:52pm MP Nabil Nicholas: We hold onto Bassil and will not accept to be marginalized.
5:40pm Solange Gemayel following the mass: What we see today is an obstruction to the state to prevent it from imposing its sovereignty on all its territories. In the name of the absolute majority of steadfast Lebanese, I say: We won’t let anyone to take Lebanon back into a new crisis to bring back hegemony
4:50 pm France plans to include happiness and well-being in its measurements of economic progress, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, beckoning other countries to join in a "revolution" in the way growth is tracked after the global economic crisis
4:10pm A mass to commemorate the 27th assassination anniversary of President-elect Bashir Gemayel is being held in Ashrafiyeh.
04:05pm LF leader Samir Geagea arrived at the church in Ashrafiyeh to participate in the mass that commemorates the 27th assassination anniversary of President-elect Bashir Gemayel
3:53pm MP Zahra: Democracy does not give the opposition the right to impose their conditions on the PM-designate and they will not get back the veto power.
3:46 pm VOA : Iranian state media say Iran has agreed to start talks with six world powers on global economic and security problems in early October.
3:45pm ‘Lebanon First’ bloc said it will rename Hariri for the PM’s post and lauded his efforts to form a national unity cabinet.
3:40 pm NYT: A British judge sentenced three men to life in prison on Monday for plotting to bomb at least seven trans-Atlantic airliners with liquid explosives smuggled aboard in soft-drink bottles,
3:27pm Lebanese Army Command revealed that the Israelis opened fire yesterday on a fishing boat inside Lebanese territorial waters.
3:21pm Lebanon First bloc holds a meeting in Qoreitem headed by MP Saad Hariri.
3:20pm The Lebanese foreign ministry told U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon in a letter that Israel should coordinate with UNIFIL over any future incident on the Blue Line rather than taking a unilateral action.
3:10 pm Al-Anbaa : Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt called on all the Lebanese parties to “unify their ranks” and facilitate the formation of the new cabinet because any “possible political or security incidents may lead to negative consequences that no party can handle.”
2:55pm Lebanese judiciary set anchorwoman Ghada Eid free on bail that was set at 6 million Lebanese pounds.
3:00pm The Liberation and Development bloc said it would take its time before deciding who to name for the premier’s post.
2:10pm The Liberation and Development bloc is holding a meeting headed by Speaker Nabih Berri to decide on the name of the new premier-designate.
1:32pm A Renault went off track on Shekka highway killing the driver Nader Nader and his wife Cicilia Jomaa
1:25pm TV presenter Ghada Eid surrendered herself to authorities. She was taken to the investigating judge office in Mount Lebanon for questioning regarding the slander and defamation case against Judge Shahid Salameh.
1:15pm French ambassador Andre Parant denied from Bkirki any French-Qatari initiative to solve the Cabinet crisis, saying there is no crisis but only difficulties.
1:14pm Syrian citizen Abdullah Ahmad Al-Mousawi died after falling from an apartment, still under construction in Rafid, Rashaya. His body was taken to Syria and police started an investigation.
12:30pm Siniora discussed current situation with MP Nicolas Fattoush and his brother Pierre.
11:34 MP Elie Marouni told LBC: We back Hariri despite our reservation regarding Kataeb’s share (in Cabinet). No one but MP Hariri is nominated to form a new Cabinet and he will be reassigned as PM-designate. We believe he is capable of playing a leading role in Lebanon's development.
11:20 MP Ibrahim Kanaan told Future News: Our decision not to rename Hariri as PM-Designate is not personal but political. The dispute with Hariri is that neither he nor we decide on this matter. It is the political reality that decides.
11:14 Siniora from Baabda: I rename Hariri to form a new Cabinet and I call on everybody to adhere to the Constitution. I will leave for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah.
9:30 President Michel Suleiman received MP Fouad Siniora at the presidential Palace in Baabda to discuss the current situation.
08:51 Saraya Ziad Jarrah of Abdullah Azzam Brigades linked to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for firing rockets from southern Lebanon
08:51 spokesman for the British government: Damascus and Baghdad have to work together and we are examining proposals Iran
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08:48 a possible delay of consultations with parliamentary blocs until after Eid al-Fitr
08:47 A Qatari envoy has made an unannounced visit to Beirut on Friday
08:46 sources of the majority: Hariri will not accept the assignment without guarantees
08:41 MP Atef Majdalani,: There is an intention to keep Lebanon as a battle ground and a regional mail box
08:36 Minister Qabbani: if the impossible preconditions continue then the only way to save the country is through a government of technocrats
08:36 MP sources: Beri is linking between his choice for PM designate and a unity government
8:32 MP Michel Moussa told VOL: The Development and Liberation bloc( Speaker Berri’s bloc) stands firm in its position on re-appointing Saad Hariri as PM-designate to form a national unity government
07:55 Abu Nader: Geagea is in the process of forming a new party
07:49 As Safir : During his visit to Beirut Zalmay Khalilzad, asked a prominent member of March 14 “How do you extend your hands to those who killed Rafik Hariri and all the martyrs of the Cedar Revolution? Wait for some time and you could be alone forming a Government of the majority that truly reflects the results of the parliamentary elections.”
07:05 centrists representatives : It seems that the Lebanese want every time to prove their incompetence
06:51 Maarab community (LF) : We reject the weapons outside the framework of legitimacy
6:10 The Press Association : German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger emerged from their only television debate two weeks before elections much as they entered it -- seeming more comfortable working together than fighting each other.
6: 00 Reuters: Osama bin Laden apparently issued a new audio message on an Islamist Web site on Monday, warning the American people about their government's close ties to Israel.
Sunday
10:23 pm Hariri : “Wining the parliament majority is a trust that we will protect” . He stressed that he stepped down because “there were some that did not want a government to be formed but instead wanted to waste the time of the Lebanese people”. If opposition truly wants a cabinet, we can form one in 48 hours!
10:10 pm AP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking on the eve of a key meeting with the White House Mideast envoy, said Sunday that differences remain with the U.S. over resuming peacemaking with the Palestinians.
10:00pm LAT : MP Walid Jumblatt : Washington refuses to give Lebanon any weapon that could harm Israel. "They will tell you these weapons will be used against Israelis," Jumblatt said. "OK, but my enemy is Israel." He added "We need anti-tank weapons and anti-aircraft weapons... I think we can find such weapons in Iran , Russia or China."
9:00 pm: Iran has dealt a blow to one of President Barack Obama's most ambitious diplomatic initiatives by dismissing demands to put its nuclear program at the heart of direct talks with the United States.
8:20pm Baroud's told OTV: perhaps I may have made a mistake somewhere, but I am very satisfied with what I did as if I am on the first day of my job at the ministry. He added; " My conscious is clear because I did the best I could "
08:10 pm MP Mohammad Qabbani : “General Aoun considers his son-in-law Gebran Bassil a genius , but I think he is nothing special “
8:06pm Pakradonina told "LBC": The Tashnaq still views MP Saad Hariri as the most appropriate and most likely to form a government
