Prime Minister Najib Miqati stated that the Lebanese political powers have sufficient time to reach an agreement over a new parliamentary electoral law before the formation of the authority aimed at supervising the polls, reported the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat Sunday.

He told the daily that he will sign the decree to call on electoral bodies to hold the elections on June 9.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Saturday that the Lebanese authorities will not tolerate any security chaos across the country.

“We consider that every matter should be resolved calmly and slowly but it seems that some sides want to create sedition in Lebanon,” Miqati told reporters after holding talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

The National Struggle Front and al-Mustaqbal bloc are the two major parties that have so far announced that they would boycott a parliamentary session if the Orthodox Gathering proposal was put on its agenda, An Nahar daily reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said that National Struggle Front chief and Druze leader Walid Jumblat and the members of his bloc would boycott the session if Speaker Nabih Berri invites the lawmakers for a General Assembly to vote on the proposal.

Speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday the rival parties still had time to reach consensus on an electoral draft-law but he slammed them for failing to agree on his hybrid proposal.

Both the March 8 majority and March 14 opposition alliances rejected the proposal, which combines the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems, he told al-Joumhouria newspaper.

Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday that he was ready to hear proposals on the controversial electoral draft-law after he withdrew his hybrid plan, which became a point of contention between the March 8 majority and the March 14 opposition alliances.

In remarks to An Nahar daily, Berri said he has “now become in the position of hearing” proposals.

President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati agreed on Thursday to hold the parliamentary elections on June 9.

"President Suleiman and I have agreed to sign the decree calling on the electoral bodies to hold the elections on June 9,” Miqati told LBCI television.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban highlighted on Thursday the importance of Lebanon's role in the Middle East, while hoping to bolster ties Lebanese-Hungarian ties.

He said after meeting Premier Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail: “There can be no stability in the region without a stable Lebanon.”

Al-Mustaqbal bloc leader Fouad Saniora has informed President Michel Suleiman that the March 14 opposition alliance is preparing a study on ways to protect the border with Syria.

Sources close to Saniora said the MP stressed to Suleiman that “the security situation on the border with Syria requires urgent action to control it by deploying the army” to avoid the spread of the security tension to other areas.

President Michel Suleiman and the independent MPs of the March 14 opposition alliance closed the chapter of the dispute on the so-called Orthodox Gathering proposal, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said.

In remarks to As Safir daily published Thursday, Jumblat praised Suleiman and the independent Christian lawmakers for obstructing the “suicidal proposal” which calls for a single district and allows each sect to vote for its own MPs under a proportional representation system.

Consultations are ongoing among the Lebanese foes to reach an agreement on a new electoral law that would govern the upcoming parliamentary elections as officials opposing the adoption of the so-called Orthodox Gathering draft-law are insisting on their stance.

According to An Nahar newspaper published on Wednesday, Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to hold talks later in the day with a delegation from Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's National Struggle Front.