Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Friday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

An-Nahar: Government wins confidence vote, opposition carries on with campaign attacking [Cabinet]
Mikati reaffirms commitments as Hezbollah [insists] reject

The third vote of confidence session Thursday, just like the second meeting, was marred by high-caliber rhetoric and reciprocal accusations that ended with Prime Minister Najib Mikati responding to MP’s speeches that were often angrily interrupted, a scene that indicates that the open-ended conflict between the majority and the opposition has become more severe in the wake of the absence of a serious dialogue despite talk about attempts to revive national dialogue.

The unprecedented walkout from Parliament by March 14 MPs ahead of Thursday’s vote of confidence only reflects the deep-rooted dispute that overshadows the political situation – the conflict chiefly revolves around the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and Hezbollah’s arms.
Political sources told An-Nahar that the significance of the opposition’s walk-out is a unanimous political expression to protest the "duality” which the majority [March 8] had insisted on consolidating in the confidence vote, meaning there is a strange equation – having two highly contradictory commitments within the government on the STL itself: Hezbollah’s explicit and clear commitment to rejecting the tribunal and all decisions coming from it, vis-à-vis Mikati’s commitment reiterating “respect " for U.N. resolutions and “following" the path of the Court.

Al-Akhbar: Mikati gets confidence vote, long live March 14

At the end of the three-day discussions on the government’s policy statement ahead of a vote of confidence, MPs from the new opposition [March 14] put on a show by walking out of Parliament ahead of the confidence vote.
A high-ranking March 14 activist said perhaps the opposition should have been content with just one speech, that of MP Marwan Hamadeh, and then withdrawing instead of using repetitive speeches and walking out as soon as lawmakers began voting.

Against the expectations of a number of March 14 "extremists" since the Bristol meeting, a key March 14 figure said the most important achievement during the three-day discussions ahead of the vote of confidence was the proof that March 14 forces will not die after exiting power, and that the collapse [of PM Saad Hariri’s government] will not hurt the alliance.

Al-Mustaqbal: European concerns as no ‘clear commitment to cooperate with tribunal’ in policy statement

Najib Mikati’s government has won a poor confidence vote, a little more than half of the 128-member Parliament (68 votes), but lost the trust of the Lebanese and all liberals who insist on resisting the coup, rejecting weapons for intimidation and pursuing justice.

Three days of discussions on the ministerial statement were enough to reflect the sharp division within Lebanon with March 14 MPs voicing skepticism about the government’s [performance] and March 8 MPs expressing uncertainty about the STL, mocking the principle of justice and insisting on making the Lebanese choose between justice and stability.

March 14 sources had the following reading from the outcome of discussions of the government’s policy statement: A bunch of contradictions, particularly regarding the stance on the STL. The sources noted that while the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammad Raad dubbed the STL an “Israeli-American” tribunal, Mikati’s last words asserted commitment to the court ...!

The sources said they believed that the government’s “true stance” on the STL was spelled out by MP Raad, who followed a speech made by Hezbollah secretary-general Hasan Nasrallah on Saturday, both of which demonstrated to March 14 that “the court is in danger."
They said it has become clear that Hezbollah was not willing to offer Mikati anything, and that anything Hezbollah says will take effect.