Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam stressed on Wednesday that he isn't holding onto the post, denying media reports about the distribution of portfolios.

“We seek for a cabinet whose members are not after personal gains,” Salam told his visitors.

Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated on Wednesday his support to any electoral law that “enjoys the agreement of all Lebanese.”

He stressed however the need to reach this agreement within a month.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called for forming a “homogenous and effective” cabinet comprising no MP hopefuls, condemning the latest deadly cross-border shelling that targeted the Bekaa area of Hermel.

“The campaign of media and political pressures waged by some political forces against Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam -- in order to draw red lines and put obstacles and preconditions -- might lead to impeding the goal defined by the PM-designate, which is the formation of a national interest cabinet,” the bloc warned in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stated on Tuesday that he is open to a “fair and just” solution over the formation of a new government, saying that it should not be unconstitutional.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “A neutral government that is being proposed is unconstitutional.”

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour revealed on Tuesday that his ministry is awaiting a report from the Army Command on the recent Syrian violations against Lebanon.

He said that the ministry is preparing the memo on the violations, which it will present to the Arab League.

Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel criticized on Tuesday the hybrid parliamentary electoral law, saying that it does not offer fair representation.

He said: “This law takes us back to the past because it does not offer just representation.”

General prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi denied on Tuesday that his office was behind the leaked information on the alleged witnesses in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's Feb. 2005 assassination case.

A statement released by his press office said Madi told visiting STL President Judge David Baragwanath and his accompanying delegation that “his bureau was not responsible for the leaked information because it was not in its possession.”

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly conveyed on Tuesday U.S. condolences for the recent deaths and injuries of Lebanese nationals from attacks originating from inside Syria that have struck Lebanese villages.

She reiterated after holding talks with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati “the U.S. call on all parties in the region to avoid any actions that would exacerbate the crisis in Syria, increase the propensity for spillover violence, and negatively impact civilian populations.”

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam stated on Tuesday that he is keen on preserving the “positive and optimistic” conditions that prevailed in Lebanon after his appointment to his position.

He said: “I do not support being hasty in forming a new government, but the process should not be slow either because the country needs a cabinet.”

The Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch arrested on Tuesday the suspected kidnapper of taxi driver Joseph al-Khawli earlier this month, the state-run National News Agency reported.

NNA identified the suspect as L. Jaafar.