Former prime minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday hit back at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, defending Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and stressing that al-Mustaqbal Movement “has never been an advocate of sectarian strife.”

“There are certain constitutional principles for ousting governments, unless Sayyed Hassan wants to write us a new constitution and wants to teach us that the new method for that (changing governments) is (national) dialogue,” said Hariri after meeting Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi in Rome.

Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh criticized on Tuesday March 14's position to boycott the national dialogue, explaining that rejecting to participate in all-party talks in the past led to “the civil war and and allowed foreign powers to meddle in Lebanese disputes”.

"Lebanese leaders should discuss and agree on all national topics, including the formation of a new government,” the Zgharta MP said after meeting with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki.

A delegation from the families of the Lebanese abductees in Syria's Aleppo on Tuesday visited the tombs of slain former premier Rafik Hariri and Intelligence Bureau chief Maj. Gen. Wissam al-Hasan in downtown Beirut, escorted by members of March 14's youth organizations and parents of Lebanese in Syrian prisons.

"Rafik Hariri transformed Lebanon from a war zone into the dream country every ones wishes to have,” said Mahdi Zgheib on behalf of the group.

Al-Mustaqbal bloc criticized on Tuesday Hizbullah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's classification of Lebanese people between “a loyal patriot and a traitor,” adding that Hizbullah's chief talked about fighting internal tensions while “he was promoting them in his Monday evening's speech”.

"Nasrallah threw away any chances to carry on with the national dialogue, especially that he proposed a new format for the participating leaders,” the bloc's statement said after the weekly meeting of the party's deputies.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun demanded on Tuesday that whoever sparked Sunday's unrest in the southern city of Sidon be arrested.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “Whoever created the instability should not be allowed to roam free.”

National Struggle Front ministers, of MP Walid Jumblat, stressed on Tuesday that Lebanon is passing through a political crisis, adding that they “don't mind the resignation of the government if it means resolving the crisis.”

Transportation and Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi said: “There is no such thing as a holy government and no cabinet can remain in power in light of a reality such as the one we are experiencing today.”

Mustaqbal MP Bahia Hariri criticized on Tuesday PM Najib Miqati's position and adopted approaches on the latest security incidents in the country, wishing if “he had not taken part in this phase of Lebanon's history”.

In a press conference she held at her residence in Majdelyoun, Hariri commented on recent unrest in Sidon, saying that these event “clearly contradict the image of stability Miqati is trying to project on the Lebanese situation”.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated on Tuesday her country's support to consultations carried out by President Michel Suleiman with Lebanese foes to form a “transitioning government.”

Clinton, in a letter handed to Suleiman by U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly, hailed the efforts exerted by the president to form a new transitioning cabinet “that reflects the aspirations of the Lebanese people and strengthens Lebanon’s stability, sovereignty, and independence.”

Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein interrogated on Tuesday a suspect on charges of smuggling arms and funds to the opposition in Syria.

An arrest warrant was issued against him for the charges.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun said Tuesday that there is a need for dialogue to resolve the country's political problems, adding the government would not collapse under pressure.

Following talks with President Michel Suleiman at Baabda palace as part of consultations the head of state is holding with the country's major political parties, Aoun said: “There is a need for dialogue. Or else how would we solve the problem? by resorting to the streets with arms?”