Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed late Sunday that he was willing to quit politics if the Lebanese people voted him out.

“If people vote me out I am willing to leave is that fair enough,” he said on Twitter when one follower told him that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s father Hafez left his post for him as Rafik Hariri did.

Fierce clashes erupted on Sunday in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp between Fatah Movement and the Islamist group Jund al-Sham after a bodyguard of Palestinian Armed Struggle chief Mahmoud Issa, aka al-Lino, was shot dead, three days after another bodyguard was assassinated in the same manner.

Three other people were wounded when an unidentified gunman opened fire in the camp, including a Fatah Movement military officer and a child, a Palestinian official in the camp told Agence France Presse.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat reiterated on Sunday that he remains allied with Premier Najib Miqati and said he is keen on seeing Syria united.

During a gathering at the Shouaifat Municipality called for by the head of the Lebanese Democratic Party, Talal Arslan, Jumblat said: “I might have a (different) viewpoint in political affairs and this is legal.”

The leaderships of the Progressive Socialist Party and al-Mustaqbal movement in Iqlim al-Kharroub stressed on Sunday their continued cooperation and the need to preserve calm rhetoric.

“The political status quo and the developments around us create fear and cautiousness … that’s why it is our responsibility to preserve a calm rhetoric, hold onto stability and exert joint efforts to limit political tension to steer the region clear of any agitation,” the leaderships of the two parties said in a statement after holding talks at the PSP’s offices in Daraya.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented on Sunday that the dereliction of the state’s duties and the sectarianism of some politicians are forcing citizens to forget their loyalty to the nation.

“The church is about loyalty to the nation and not the sect,” al-Rahi said in his sermon during the inauguration of the Lady of Assumption church in Bkirki after the end of renovation work.

Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud slammed on Sunday what he called the rampant corruption at Beirut airport, saying the authorities had no intention to resolve the problem.

In remarks to Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3), Abboud said: Mafias are controlling the airport, from taxi drivers to the customs all the way to porters.”

The municipal chief of the Bekaa border town of Arsal complained on Sunday that the area has witnessed five violations by the Syrian army in one month, urging the army to protect the residents.

In remarks to Voice of Lebanon radio station (100.5), Mohammed al-Hujairi said: “The number of (Lebanese) army (troops) in the area is limited and cannot protect it.”

Premier Najib Miqati’s sources said Sunday that the PM has expressed openness to any suggestion over the wage boost decree after the Shura Council backed it with amendments.

The sources hoped in remarks to An Nahar daily that the cabinet members would take into consideration the economic circumstances when discussing the decree.

President Michel Suleiman has reportedly informed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun that he would favor Judge Antoine Daher for the post of Higher Judicial Council president.

Hizbullah’s al-Manar TV said Suleiman’s suggestion came during talks with Aoun on Saturday.

Beirut MPs are scheduled to hold an emergency meeting at the parliament on Monday to discuss the latest armed clashes that took place in the capital, An Nahar daily reported.

The newspaper said Sunday that the lawmakers will meet at 1:00 pm “to discuss the different aspects” of the clashes.