U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised on Thursday the release of the indictment by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as an important milestone toward ending a period of impunity for political violence in Lebanon.

“The confirmation of the indictments by the pre-trial judge and their delivery by the Special Tribunal to the Lebanese authorities is an important milestone toward justice and ending a period of impunity for political violence in Lebanon,” Clinton said in a statement.

The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc said on Friday that the accusations issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the indictment in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafik Hariri target the accused people and not their sects or parties.

MP Mohammed Kabbara, who read the bloc’s statement after a meeting it held in Qoreitem, said the STL clause in the policy statement means that the cabinet disavowed itself from its international commitments.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel announced Friday that a meeting for all concerned security apparatuses will be held Saturday to coordinate search operations for the suspects charged by a U.N.-backed court in connection with the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafik Hariri.

"We have to address this issue calmly and wisely to preserve the civil peace," Charbel told Agence France Presse.

Speaker Nabih Berri set on Friday a three-day period for parliamentary sessions to allow MPs to discuss the policy statement and give their vote of confidence to the government.

During the three-consultations starting Tuesday, lawmakers will review the policy statement that was approved by the government during a session at Baabda palace on Thursday.

The March 14 forces leaderships are planning to hold a large-scale meeting within a few days after the cabinet adopted a vague clause on the international tribunal in its policy statement, al-Liwaa daily reported Friday.

The newspaper said that the meeting will most likely take place at Beirut’s Bristol hotel.

Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali denied on Friday media reports that a delegation from the international tribunal will head to Damascus next week to hand over to Syrian authorities arrest warrants in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s murder case.

Following talks with Premier Najib Miqati, Ali told reporters at the Grand Serail that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon “lost its credibility” over leaked information on the arrest warrants.

A day after the edginess that followed the announcement of the details of the indictment in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s murder case, the Lebanese people were on Friday pondering the next move of Lebanese authorities.

On Thursday, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued a long-awaited indictment and arrest warrants for the Feb. 2005 assassination of Hariri, with Hizbullah members reportedly among those named.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat questioned on Friday the timing of the release of the indictment in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, noting that it took place soon after the formation of the new government.

He said during a press conference at his Clemenceau residence: “The decision to release the indictment was political.”

Lebanese newspapers on Friday mirrored the deep political rift in the country after a U.N.-backed tribunal issued indictments in the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

While dailies loyal to former Premier Saad Hariri hailed Thursday's indictment -- expected to implicate Hizbullah members in the case -- as a triumph of justice, those close to the Shiite group slammed it as another Israeli plot.

France criticized leaked information in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination case and urged the Lebanese cabinet to fully cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said Thursday that his country was “informed” that the Lebanese authorities received a copy of the indictment.