Lebanese parliament to elect new President

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Anne Shutt

September 20, 1982

Amman

Lebanon's parliament will meet Tuesday to elect a successor to assassinated President-elect Bashir Gemayel, right-wing Phalangist radio reported.

Prospects of a tough struggle over the succession increased with the emergence of two candidates for the choice of Gemayel's party - his brother Amin Gemayel, former President Camille Chamoun, and self-exiled Raymond Edde.