1. He said in December 2007 , that the local majority would present joint lists for the 2008 presidential elections .
2. In December 2007 , he said that the local majority would present common lists for the 2008 presidential elections .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Options are:
a). no.
b). yes....I think the answer is
b).