The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc MP Mohammed Raad announced Monday that his party wants “a president who can reflect the aspirations of the Lebanese and preserve the current balances between the political authorities and the components of the Lebanese society.”

“The enemy should not be able to bet on him or on his weakness or to take a signature or a stance from him,” Raad added.

The Joint Parliamentary Committees on Monday approved the capital control draft law and referred it to parliament for a final vote, Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab said.

“The discussion was beneficial and a final format of the law was adopted,” Bou Saab said after the session.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has stressed that the “strongest” presidential candidate until the moment is MP Michel Mouawad, noting that “his name is not proposed for entertainment purposes.”

The LF leader voiced his remarks during an overnight interview on al-Jadeed television.

European investigators began questioning high-profile witnesses in Lebanon as part of a probe into Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh's wealth, a judicial official told AFP Monday.

France, Germany and Luxembourg in March seized assets worth 120 million euros ($130 million) in a move linked to a probe by French investigators into 72-year-old Salameh's personal wealth.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called Monday for a cabinet session on Wednesday morning.

The Free Patriotic Movement had repeatedly warned against holding any caretaker cabinet session during presidential vacuum, arguing that any decree issued would require the signatures of all ministers.

Thirteen relatives of the victims of the massive 2020 explosion at Beirut's port showed up on Monday to answer questions by police after they were accused of rioting and vandalism during protests over the stalled investigation into the blast.

On Tuesday, victims' relatives had thrown stones at the palace of justice in Beirut and stormed the outer gate of the building. Some of them were injured as they clashed with security forces.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday strongly condemned the arrest of prominent port blast case activist William Noon, saying his detention proved that the judiciary “has become a tool for vengeance, malice and hatred and that security agencies are carry out police state practices.”

A key figure among the families of Beirut's 2020 port explosion victims was released Saturday after his arrest a day earlier sparked protests in the Lebanese capital and other Lebanese areas.

The Lebanese army has said that troops have freed two Syrian children kidnapped by criminals along the Lebanon-Syria border last October.

The case had been followed closely in Lebanon where the kidnappers had demanded $350,000 in ransom and released videos showing the children being tortured.

Former president and Free Patriotic Movement founder Michel Aoun has reportedly threatened to “tear up the Mar Mikhail Agreement” with Hezbollah and “throw it in the trash bin.”