Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel on Monday warned that the situation in the country will deteriorate should the June parliamentary elections be delayed.

“Wrong accusations are being launched against several political forces concerning the Orthodox Gathering law, but we have already proposed several other draft laws,” said Gemayel at a press conference held after the weekly meeting of his party's political bureau in Saifi.

Head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora discussed on Sunday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi the latest developments on the Lebanese scene, particularly the proposed solutions for “a way out of the electoral law crisis”, radio Voice of Lebanon (100.5) reported on Monday.

"Saniora praised al-Rahi's wisdom in dealing with the current crisis and his commitment to higher national interest,” VDL said, elaborating that both men discussed the importance of religious coexistence in the country.

A cautious atmosphere is surrounding the northern village of Wadi Khaled as al-Hishe town residents are still mourning the death of Ahmed Shehab and Mohammed Hussein Azou, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

"Residents are still worried about getting near the area where the incident took place, fearing getting injured by the continuing Syrian sniper gunshots reaching the northern towns,” the NNA elaborated.

The judges of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon have approved some amendments to the tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence which “clarify and improve the existing rules” and “speed up proceedings."

“At a Plenary meeting, the Judges of the STL have approved some amendments to the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence,” the STL said in a statement on Monday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated on Monday that Syria's war is more significant than the different Lebanese political factions, urging the neighboring country's opposition “not to fall in the trap of cutting all communication with Russia”.

“We call for an actual application of the policy of disassociation towards Syria's events,” Jumblat said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website, explaining that “the higher national interest requires a reconsideration of this policy”.

Military Examining Magistrate Judge Fadi Sawan questioned on Monday a detainee from al-Hujairi family, who was wanted on an arrest warrant for involvement in an ambush of a military patrol in the northeastern border town of Arsal.

Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5) identified the detainee as Ahmed al-Hujairi.

A delegation of March 14 independent Christian lawmakers and officials discussed with Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday a proposal to divide Lebanon into a single district based on a hybrid system, said MP Butros Harb.

The delegation led by Harb visited Berri in Ain el-Tineh to discuss with him some new ideas following the controversial adoption of the so-called Orthodox Gathering proposal by the joint parliamentary committees last week.

MP Robert Ghanem warned on Monday that the adoption of the so-called Orthodox Gathering proposal would further isolate the Lebanese sects, calling for a draft-law that achieves real representation for all Lebanese to end the country's political crisis.

The new “civil war will have a legitimate cover” if the Orthodox Gathering proposal is adopted, Ghanem warned at a press conference he held in parliament.

The Syrian regime denied on Monday that Hizbullah fighters are intervening in the battles in the Syria against rebels.

"One thing needs to be made absolutely clear, there is not a single Hizbullah fighter in Syria," Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi told Iranian Arabic-language television channel Al-Alam.

Head of the criminal court of cassation Judge Joseph Samaha stepped down from ex-Minister Michel Samaha Case over a family relationship, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.

According to the news agency, the judge sought to step down not to be "embarrassed" as the ex-Minister is a relative and hails from the same town.