Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun restated on Tuesday his support for the Orthodox Gathering's electoral draft law, saying that he will veto any proposal that does not assure equality between Christians and Muslims.

"There is a Muslim domination over the Christian vote,” Aoun stated in an interview with OTV, adding that the Taif accord has granted Christians 64 deputies but they “never really elected their own lawmakers”.

Hollywood actress Mia Farrow appealed on Tuesday for the international community to do more for Syrian refugees after making a two-day visit to camps in Lebanon ravaged by winter storms.

Farrow, a goodwill ambassador for U.N. children's agency UNICEF, said that 75 percent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon were women and children, and that they were the "most vulnerable victims" of the conflict raging since March 2011.

The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc renewed on Tuesday its rejection of a parliamentary electoral law based on proportional representation, while also rejecting the Orthodox Gathering draft electoral law, saying that it fuels sectarianism in Lebanon.

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “The Orthodox Gathering law transforms the people into sectarian tribes.”

Several proposals made by rival lawmakers during a meeting of a parliamentary subcommittee on Tuesday are likely to delay agreement on an electoral draft-law.

“We continued discussions on all draft-laws and new proposals made by MPs,” said the chairman of the nine-member subcommittee, MP Robert Ghanem, on the first round of the second phase of talks aimed at reaching consensus on an electoral draft-law.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed on Tuesday various factions for their criticism of the Orthodox Gathering draft electoral law and failure to make their own alternative proposal to the suggestion.

He said during a press conference: “We support any alternative to the Orthodox proposal that enjoys the backing of the majority of political powers.”

Military Examining Magistrate Imad al-Zain demanded on Tuesday the death penalty for a Lebanese army soldier for collaborating with Israel, the sate-run National News Agency reported.

According to the news agency, the Lebanese soldier, identified by his initials as D. G., fled the military service in 2009 and investigations revealed that he was collaborating with Israel in 2005-2006.

President Michel Suleiman called on Tuesday for the adoption of an electoral draft-law proposed by the government in August by introducing amendments to it if need be.

During a speech in Baabda palace, Suleiman “invited (lawmakers) to start discussing a draft-law proposed by the cabinet and introduce the necessary amendments if the need arises.”

French Ambassador to Lebanon Patrice Paoli expressed understanding for the reaction of the supporters of Lebanese leftist militant George Abdallah, who has spent 28 years in jail, despite stressing that it is not “justified.”

Paoli called on protesters to wait for the sentence of the court on January 28 after holding talks with Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour at the Bustros Palace in Beirut.

All branches for mechanical inspection of vehicles were closed on Tuesday over reports that the Lebanese government hasn't renewed the contract of the company operating the facilities.

Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) described the closure as a scandal after the contract of the firm “Fal” was not renewed and the government failed in finding alternative companies.

An unknown assailant infiltrated into the Phalange party bureau in the Beirut district of Ashrafiyeh but was able to escape, media reports said on Tuesday.

According to the state-run National News Agency, security forces arrived swiftly at the scene cordoning it off and searching it.