After fierce results and amid accusations of electoral fraud in the primary elections of October 2019, Leonel Fernández resigned from the presidency and militancy of the Dominican Liberation Party.

Leonel Fernández presented his pre-candidacy for the presidency of the Dominican Republic in early 2018 with the intention of competing within his party in the simultaneous primary elections of October 2019.

During this process he made strong attacks on his party partner and former president of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina urging him to desist from seeking a third consecutive term by re-election and to avoid attempting to modify the constitution, a situation that came to be glimpsed in the national congress but did not materialize given the political and social pressure that existed in that moment.

[7] The peak of this process would be reached when Leonel Fernández held a massive protest in front of the national congress, formalizing an important division within the Dominican Liberation Party.

Later, after the acquisition of the minority "Dominican Workers Party", this political organization submitted a request to the Central Electoral Board to change the name to "People's Force" using green colors and symbols alluding to vegetation or flowers.