Former President Leonel Fernandez led a march of PLD followers as they headed uptown by way of Avenida Nicolas de Ovando and Avenida Duarte, visiting slum and low-income barrios, including Capotillo, 24 de Abril, Espaillat, 27 de Febrero, Las Canitas and others that have been strong bastions for the PRD. This was the first mass event organized by the PLD since the opening of the Presidential election campaign on 20 January. The march was ardently supported by hundreds of thousands, as it wove through the streets of northern Santo Domingo.