BEIRUT: Syria’s allies in Lebanon are nervously watching developments in their neighboring country that might lead to the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said.

“Allies of the Syrian regime in Lebanon are in a state of nervousness to the point where they are now asking for dialogue,” Geagea said during a call with the annual conference of the LF party in North America, according to a statement released Monday.

Geagea said that Damascus’ allies in the country feel the popular uprising in Syria, which has been met with a violent crackdown by the Syrian authority, will bring down Assad’s government.

“Syria’s allies feel that the regime is going to fall so they are trying to take all possible measures to protect themselves in case this happens. Consequently, everyone in Lebanon today is monitoring the events.”

Since the beginning of the uprising Syria’s main ally in the country, Hezbollah, has supported Assad’s views on the protests there, describing demonstrators as part of a larger conspiracy aimed at targeting the country. The party’s leader, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, has accused the West of plotting to divide Syria in an attempt to create a new Middle East.

Other lawmakers, such as Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, have repeatedly expressed confidence that Assad’s government is resilient and will overcome what he described as a “crisis.”

A staunch critic of Syria’s influence in Lebanon, Geagea also said that neither the March 8 nor the March 14 coalitions would take any steps in the country except for the daily work of the government.

Geagea also touched upon the recent discussions over a draft electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary elections in 2013.

Christian leaders including Geagea met in the town of Bkirki, the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate, on Sept. 23, to discuss a new electoral law that they say would better represent Christians in the country.

The government is also working on drafting a new electoral law based on proportional representation for the 2013 parliamentary elections via a committee headed by Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.

“It is impossible to achieve stability without a new electoral law that echoes principles of the Taif Accord which designates 64 MPs to each of the Christians and Muslims,” Geagea said, adding that proportional representation is the type of electoral law that is being discussed.

The current electoral system works on a winner-takes-all basis, meaning that in theory only a small majority is required to gain all of the seats in a given district.

Geagea urged expatriates living in North America to register with their consuls and embassies so that they could participate in the upcoming electoral process.

“They should also campaign within each community to encourage people to register and inform officials at embassies or consuls that they want to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections,” he added.