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The campaign camps for the Millennium Democratic Party and the National Alliance 21 announced Sunday night that Roh Mu-hyun has been confirmed as the single candidate for the two parties as he was found to have a better chance to win against Grand National Party presidential hopeful Lee Hoi-chang. A survey conducted by R&R showed Roh leading Chung Mong-joon by 46.8% to 42.2%, another survey done by World Research was 38.8% to 37.0% in favor of Roh, but was not accepted as viable as Lee's popularity was below a three-day average of 30.4%.
After the announcement, Roh held a news conference and said appreciated Chung for his support. Chung also held a news conference and congratulated Roh and added that he would help him to win the presidential election. He said he would meet Roh, Monday to discuss campaign management. Earlier they had agreed that loser of the poll would support the winner as his campaign manager.
(Choi Jun-sok, jschoi@chosun.com )
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