Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun’s “unprecedented” attack against the political class may be early signs of his preparations for the 2013 parliamentary elections battle, reported al-Liwaa newspaper on Saturday.

Informed political sources told the newspaper: “He is seeking to fortify his position in Lebanon seeing as he has started to detect that he has lost supporters in favor of his political adversaries.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati had requested from Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare that he delay the release of the indictment in the assassination attempts of former ministers Marwan Hamadeh and Elias al-Murr, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

He hoped that the indictment would be revealed after Lebanon approves the renewal of its cooperation protocol with the STL.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare didn’t disclose during his meetings with Lebanese senior officials if Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen will issue new indictments in the attacks on the three officials that have been linked to ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s murder, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday.

Later on Friday, Bellemare, accompanied by his team, visited the office of State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza where he met with MP Marwan Hamadeh, journalist May Chidiac and Suzy Madayan, the widow of slain former Communist party chief George Hawi.

A delegation from the Beirut and Tripoli Bar Associations, led by the Chairmen Nouhad Jabre and Bassam Daye, paid a visit to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday, announced the STL in a statement.

The participants were received by the President of the Tribunal and the three other Heads of Organ or their representatives.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed that his cabinet’s term, is linked to its capability to preserve stability, according to newspapers published on Wednesday.

“When (the cabinet) becomes incapable of maintaining stability then we can discuss this issue,” Miqati told An Nahar.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare met Lebanese senior officials on Wednesday during a two-day farewell visit before the end of his mandate at the end of next month.

The STL official first held talks with Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail. He later met with Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour.

A delegation of 29 Lebanese lawyers from the Beirut and Tripoli Bar associations began a working visit in The Hague on Monday, announced the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s press office in a statement.

In addition to the STL, the group will visit the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court, it added.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is expected to hold a series of talks with Lebanese officials during a two-day farewell visit to Beirut on Thursday.

An Nahar daily said Monday that Bellemare will discuss with Interior Minister Marwan Charbel the results of the investigations carried out by the Lebanese security agencies on issues linked to the court’s work.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel denied on Thursday that the investigators of the U.N.-backed court probing the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri requested the fingerprint records of some Lebanese citizens.

“What some media reported that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigators requested the fingerprints of some Lebanese, is not true,” Charbel told al-Manar television.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed his desire to visit Lebanon for talks with top officials, while Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare is likely to visit Beirut next week, the privately-owned Central News Agency reported Wednesday.

The agency quoted well-informed Western sources as saying that Sarkozy had informed Lebanese officials via diplomatic channels about his wish to visit Lebanon soon.