A decree on the formation of the Internal Security forces command council was approved by President Michel Suleiman, PM Najib Miqati, Finance Minister Mohammed Safadi and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel on Tuesday.

An Nahar newspaper reported on Wednesday that the selected officers who were tasked to lead the units were already filling the same posts as caretakers.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon registrar Hermen von Hebel told the Lebanese officials that the funding of the tribunal isn’t limited to the current cabinet but goes back to the unpaid funds of the previous government and is worth $32 million, An Nahar newspaper reported on Wednesday.

A ministerial source told the daily that the cabinet will fund the STL probing the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri during the given timeframe.

Marada movement and Tashnag party ministers have informed Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun that they wouldn’t withdraw from the cabinet if his ministers took such an action, al-Liwaa daily reported Wednesday.

There were reports that Aoun’s ministers would pull out of the government if it failed during its session at Baabda palace on Wednesday to approve the electricity project proposed by Energy Minister Jebran Bassil.

AMAL movement MP Ali Khreiss escaped unharmed from a fire that erupted in his vehicle’s engine in the southern town of Bazourieh, media reports said Wednesday.

Voice of Lebanon radio station (93.3) reported on Wednesday that Khreiss was in the car with his daughter, but they were able to escape safely after a spark in an electric wire caused the fire.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat on Tuesday stressed that “the Libyan authorities will not be lax in helping to unveil the circumstances of the case” of the 1978 disappearance of Imam Moussa Sadr and his two companions “after restoring security and stability across Libya.”

Jumblat voiced his remarks in a statement issued by the PSP following a visit by the Druze leader to Libya, where he held talks with Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the rebel National Transitional Council, his deputy Abdul Hafiz Ghogha and a number of NTC members.

The al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called on the Free Patriotic Movement to “disavow” retired Brig. Gen. Fayez Karam, who was sentenced Saturday by the Military Court to two years in jail on charges of spying for Israel.

“The verdict issued against Fayez Karam requires the FPM to quickly disavow him due to his high treason,” the bloc said.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun accused on Tuesday the sides seeking to obstruct the electricity draft law of wanting to pass the law at an “insignificant cost,” stressing that the movement will not compromise over the law or granting the people electricity.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “Our commitment to the electricity project is not political maneuvering and the government must give an answer tomorrow during the cabinet session.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stated on Monday that Lebanon will tackle the discovery of offshore oil “in the best possible way.”

He told CNN television: “We are trying to create an economic zone and we should respect the rights of others in this matter and they should do the same.”

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams praised on Tuesday the government’s commitment to Security Council Resolution 1701and confirmed that Premier Najib Miqati will travel to New York end of September.

“I emphasized the need to safeguard Lebanon’s stability and security, particularly at a time of dramatic changes throughout the Arab world and part of that stability is guaranteed by Security Council Resolution 1701,” Williams said following talks with Miqati at the Grand Serail.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Tuesday the “constant” cooperation between the Lebanese army and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, saying that the army should be properly supplied with necessary equipment to enable it to implement its duties, especially U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

He said after holding talks with UNIFIL Commander Major General Alberto Asarta: “The Lebanese government is determined to take the necessary measures to allow the international force to perform its duties in aiding the army in maintaining the security in the South.”