Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday announced reaching a “complete plan” to resolve the dispute over the electoral law but declined to reveal its details.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday announced reaching a “complete plan” to resolve the dispute over the electoral law but declined to reveal its details, Naharnet website reported.

Local media outlets quoted Mikati as saying that his discussions in Rome with Speaker Nabih Berri and Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rahi “focused on the means to spare Lebanon any constitutional vacuum.”

“During the meeting, an agreement was reached on a complete, two-paper plan concerning the issue of the parliamentary elections, but I won't reveal the details to avoid obstructing it, and Cardinal Rahi will discuss it with the Christian parties in a bid to reach an agreement on an electoral law,” Mikati added.

In a statement issued later by his office, Mikati said: “We discussed several proposals but I will not reveal the details now, because the issue is now in the hands of His Eminence, and he will exert efforts with the components of parliament, especially the Christian parties, in a bid to reach the longed-for solution and approve a new electoral law that ensures proper representation for all the Lebanese and spares us a constitutional vacuum.”

Berri, Mikati and al-Rahi held a first round of deliberations on Sunday in Rome, where there will attend the inauguration mass of Pope Francis I on Tuesday.

The speaker expressed hope that the Lebanese parties would reach common ground over the electoral law, stressing that the cabinet will remain.

Consecutive meetings will be held between Rahi, Berri and Mikati, media reports said.