Beirut, Sep 15 (DPA) Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition Tuesday refrained from renaming the head of the ruling majority, Saad Hariri, as prime minister on the first day of parliamentary consultations.

The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Christian leader Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and also Hezbollah all said they had 'reservations on renaming Hariri to become prime minister'.

While Berri made no individual statement, Aoun said that differences with Hariri were 'enormous'.

'We did not name anyone to form the government,' Aoun said after consultations with President Michel Suleiman.

Aoun complained that the political 'tone is still escalatory', and urged the various political leaders to commit to dialogue 'because it is the only way to salvation'.

MP Mohammed Raad, head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, told reporters the bloc did not name anyone as premier either, but he offered cooperation to form a national unity government.