[앵커]
A public opinion poll will be held today (22nd) and tomorrow with two opposition candidates Oh Se-hoon and Ahn Cheol-soo, who have agreed on the method of unifying the candidates for the mayor of Seoul. The results are expected to come out tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. The official campaign starts this Thursday.
Reporter Choi Gyu-jin reports.
[기자]
The negotiations for unification between the two candidates Se-hoon Oh and Chul-soo Ahn ended only yesterday morning.
It has been about two weeks since we first started unified working-level negotiations on the 9th.
The two sides decided to conduct a poll for two days starting today and announce a single candidate as early as tomorrow and at the latest the day after tomorrow.
It’s a day before the official election campaign.
[정양석/국민의힘 사무총장 : 모든 합의가 다 끝났고, 여론조사는 실시기관들의 준비와 문제 때문에 내일부터 실시하는 것으로…]
Earlier, the two sides agreed to conduct public opinion polls only through wireless phones and mix up questions about candidate competitiveness and suitability in half and half.
However, we have decided not to disclose specific opinion poll phrases for fair investigation.
[이태규/국민의당 사무총장 : 조사가 끝나는 대로 결과는 바로 공표하도록 하겠습니다.]
Both candidates said they would follow the poll results.
[오세훈/국민의힘 서울시장 후보 : (단일화 협상이) 너무 늦게 타결돼서 정말 죄송스럽고요. 단일후보가 결정되면 그때부턴 한 캠프 한 몸이 돼서…]
[안철수/국민의당 서울시장 후보 : 누가 단일후보가 되든 서로 함께 힘을 합쳐서 꼭 야권 단일후보가 승리할 수 있도록 하자고…]
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