Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed that an amnesty law will be issued as soon as possible to do justice to all detainees.

Speaker Nabih Berri stressed the need to speed up deliberations in order to finalize the new parliamentary electoral law in light of the looming end of the parliament's term, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

A man found dead outside the entrance of a building in his suburban Adonis home in Keserwan was reportedly killed, authorities said on Monday.

The 26-year old man was identified as Elie Kraidi, the National News Agency reported.

A personal dispute between two religious figures in the Mount Lebanon's village of Baalchmay left one of the two men dead, media reports said on Saturday.

Reports said tension escalated in the area when a conflict between two religious sheikhs erupted near the municipality building killing one of the two men, Nidal al-Danaf.

Speaker Nabih Berri adjourned until June 12 a legislative session that was previously scheduled to convene on June 5 to tackle the country's electoral law, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement official and former MP Mustafa Allouch said the electoral law has made a long journey but some “details” still need to be discussed, as he voiced concerns about failure in that regard.

Progressive Socialist Party MP Akram Shehayyeb denied claims that relations between the PSP and the Free Patriotic Movement were troubled, and assured that the party is keen on having good ties with all political parties, the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

“Relations with the FPM are not tepid. We are keen to have good relations with all political parties for Lebanon's interest,” said Shehayyeb in an interview to the daily.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat without naming him, as he assured that corruption accusations will not stop the “eager” efforts to provide the country, mainly Tripoli, with electricity.

“Electricity will come to Tripoli. There are new political figures who are giving us lessons while their history is known for being corrupt,” said Hariri.

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq said on Friday that a six months time period is needed to train the employees on the new electoral system before staging the parliamentary elections.

A patrol from the anti-narcotics bureau of the Internal Security Forces in the North stopped a bid to smuggle one ton of cannabis hidden in an asphalt roller, the ISF said in a statement on Friday.

“Anti-narcotics bureau obtained information about a senior drug trafficker's bid to smuggle a heavy machine, which could contain narcotic substances, outside the Lebanese borders through the Wadi Khaled area,” said the statement.