The same Gallup-El Siglo poll showed that Vice President Jaime David Fernández is expected to become the presidential candidate of the PLD for the elections slated for May 2000. The survey showed that 45.8% of those interviewed considered Fernández should be the PLD candidate. The former senator of Salcedo, psychiatrist and agronomist rated even higher, or 61.4% among those that favor the PLD. Runner-up candidate is Danilo Medina, present Secretary of the Presidency, who received 8.7% of the support of those interviewed. 5.3% favored Felix (Felucho) Jiménez, present Minister of Tourism. Leonel Fernández is the party’s leading politician, but the Constitution impedes him from running for President in the year 2000 election.
