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Article: Uri Party defectors, minor opposition party launch new party for presidential election.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- June 28, 2007
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SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- A group of lawmakers who defected from the pro-government Uri Party Wednesday united with a minor opposition party to launch a new party with an eye to forming a bigger alliance to beat a powerful conservative opposition party in December's presidential election.Polls give a huge lead to the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP) candidates, who are expected to crush any pro-government presidential hopeful.The embattled Uri Party, seeing no hope of winning the election by itself with the low popularity of President Roh Moo-hyun, has sought an alliance with minor opposition parties and independents, but disputes over power sharing have ...