The head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad slammed on Tuesday the indictment in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as “fake”, accusing the investigation of being politicized in order to target the Resistance.

He said in a press conference to refute the indictment: “The Resistance will determine the way it will defend itself from the indictment and tribunal.”

The Lebanese towns and villages in the Bekaa and the North abutting the Syrian border have decided to escalate demonstrations in support of the Syrian people during the last days of Ramadan, the pan-Arab daily Asharq al- reported on Tuesday.

Islamic sources told the newspaper that the clergymen, Imam’s of the mosques and Islamic associations “agreed on triggering daily night protests after al-Taraweeh prayers in all the regions of Tripoli, and in a number of towns in Akkar.”

Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil warned that the cabinet will be tested on Tuesday concerning the adoption of the electricity draft law or it will have to face failure in its first assessment.

“The cabinet either adopts this vital issue that benefits all the Lebanese people and not just a certain part, and therefor achieves an accomplishment for the whole government parties… or it falls under failure from the beginning,” Bassil told As Safir newspaper.

TIME magazine correspondent Nicholas Blanford has expressed readiness to appear as a witness before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon if the court asks him to do so.

Blanford met with General Prosecutor Saeed Mirza at the Justice Palace on Monday in the presence of his lawyer despite his insistence that he did not know who carried out an interview with a suspect wanted in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination case.

Hizbullah on Monday hailed the "huge victory" of rebels who took control of most of the Libyan capital in their fight against Moammar Gadhafi's rule.

"Hizbullah congratulates the Libyan people and their revolutionaries for this huge victory against the tyrant (Gadhafi) after a long struggle and great sacrifice," Hizbullah said in a statement.

A ministerial meeting held Monday failed to reach a final agreement on an electricity plan suggested by Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil, under which $1.2 billion would be earmarked to buy 700 Megawatts of electricity.

“The four-phase plan, which will cost the state $5 billion, should be flawless legally and administratively in order to gain approval,” ministerial sources told LBC television.

The Phalange Party noted on Monday that the TIME Magazine interview with one of the suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will not affect the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s functioning.

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “The interview demonstrated that the sides harboring the suspects are intent on defying international justice and targeting what is left of the credibility of the security and judicial forces, especially since the suspect is a Hizbullah member.”

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour stated on Monday that the toppling of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s rule will allow Lebanon to determine the fate of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his companions who vanished on August 31, 1978.

The minister added: “Lebanon has never stopped searching for Sadr and his companions and now we have an opportunity to reveal their fate.”

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated on Monday that the imprisonment of a people intellectually and ideologically is no longer possible because it contradicts diversity that acts as the main guarantee for the survival of societies.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine: “The third dictator in the popular revolution has fallen and with him falls the theory of one-party rule that has demonstrated its historic failure before the will of the people who are longing for freedom, democracy, and dignity.”

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel stated on Monday that the TIME Magazine interview with one of the suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri targets Hizbullah.

He said before a delegation from the editors syndicate: “Targeting Hizbullah will have consequences and spark debates that do not fall in Lebanon’s interests because whoever wants to create unrest in Lebanon does so through creating sectarian tensions.”