Top March 8 majority alliance leaders might hold a meeting after their relations were threatened over the crisis of Electricite du Liban contract workers, the coalition’s leadership sources said.

The sources told As Safir newspaper on Saturday that the possibility of holding such a meeting between Speaker Nabih Berri, Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun and Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh is under discussion.

The Lebanese authorities decided to stop deporting Syrians following local and international pressure on the government in the aftermath of the deportation of 14 people by the General Security Department, An Nahar daily reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said that an agreement was reached among President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and the major political parties in the government to stop the deportations even if some judicial cases allow such a move.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat denied on Saturday that he is holding talks with March 14 national dialogue participants to get their signatures on a memo he seeks to hand over to President Michel Suleiman.

“We are seeking to get the signatures on a petition to denounce the Syrian violation along the Lebanese border,” Fatfat tolf the Central News Agency.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Friday stressed that his government will continue its so-called self-dissociation policy towards the Syrian crisis, noting that “the humanitarian situation of the Syrian refugees must not become an obstacle to implementing the judicial verdicts issued against the culprits of crimes that have nothing to do with politics.”

“The repercussions of the unrest in Syria have become a topic for an intense campaign against the government and its policies, at a time we have put Lebanon’s higher interest above all else and committed to the policy of self-dissociation which represents a well-calculated choice that stems from our firm belief in Lebanon’s distinguished role among the region’s countries,” Miqati said during an iftar banquet at the Grand Serail.

The General Directorate of General Security hit back anew on Friday at those who criticized the deportation of 14 Syrians to their strife-torn country, reiterating that those deported were convicted of crimes committed in Lebanon.

“Any decision taken by the General Directorate of General Security stems from the laws and regulations that govern its work and is under the authority of the Lebanese judiciary,” the directorate said in a statement.

Former premier Fouad Saniora, head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, on Friday called on EU and U.N. officials to condemn the Lebanese government “in the strongest terms” over the recent deportation of 14 Syrians to their strife-torn country, voicing concerns that the step might be repeated in the future and stressing that the government will be held accountable.

Following separate talks with EU Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly, Saniora said: “Amid these circumstances, the timing of the operation is very suspicious, and this could be a precedent made by the Lebanese government following a request or pressures from the Syrian government to hand over these people, and thus it might be the first move and other people might be handed over.”

Syria’s Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali lauded on Friday the Lebanese General Security’s deportation of 14 Syrians, describing the move as “reassuring.”

Following talks with former Premier Salim Hoss in Beirut’s Aisha Bakkar district, Ali said: “The General Security’s move came in line with international standards.”

Energy Minister Jebran Bassil hailed on Friday Electricity du Liban's board of directors for its decision to preserve the state’s authority during the three-month strike held by the contract workers.

“Although the board of directors had to relocate to Zouk power plant, it maintained through it's decisions the state’s authority,” Bassil told reporters.

Clashes erupted on Friday between Internal Security Forces and gunmen over the destruction of cannabis crops in the town of al-Yammouneh in the eastern Bekaa valley, the National News Agency reported.

The news agency reported that the gunmen are using machineguns, medium and light weapons and B-7 rockets.

Electricite du Liban contract workers officially announced on Friday the end of their three-month strike and the resumption of work at the company after striking a deal with the government.

“We will end our strike and the committee will continue to hold meetings to follow up the implementation of the deal,” Lebnan Makhoul,a member of the EDL contract workers committee, told reporters during a press conference at the General Labor Confederation headquarters.