Keiko Fujimori swears in as President of the Republic.
Keiko Fujimori enters the chamber and is applauded by the guests. She greets the invited leaders, including King Felipe VI and Javier Milei. She greets her family, her caucus, and approaches Miguel Torres, who will place the presidential sash on her.
These are the durations of the first messages to the Nation in the last 20 years.
Keiko Fujimori has just arrived outside the Congress of the Republic. The president has received honors and will soon enter the chamber.
The Ahora Nación caucus wears a black ribbon in the chamber. (Photo: Alonso Chero/GEC)
The Receiving Commission is ready at the Parliament door to officially invite the president-elect to the chamber.
She heads to Congress in a white van moving at a slow pace.
Keiko Fujimori leaves the Torre Tagle Palace heading to the Congress of the Republic.
The announced Prime Minister Luis Galarreta also appears in the photo.
The President of the Senate, Miguel Torres, takes a photo with the invited leaders to Keiko Fujimori’s inauguration.
They are taken to a room to wait for the president-elect Keiko Fujimori; for now, they are not invited to enter the Chamber.
The King of Spain, Felipe VI, and 9 heads of state enter the Congress of the Republic.
Fuerza Popular deputies took the opportunity to take a photo with Prime Minister Luis Galarreta.
This is how we experienced the prelude to the Solemn Session. 🇵🇪🇵🇪
— Bancada Diputados Fuerza Popular (@BankadaFP) July 28, 2026
With great pride and emotion, we await the message to Congress from the president-elect Keiko Fujimori.
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Meanwhile, Fuerza Popular supporters are outside Congress waiting for the presidential handover.
As part of the activities for the presidential handover, President Keiko Fujimori received several heads of state at the Torre Tagle headquarters who came to Lima to participate in the ceremony. During the day, she held bilateral meetings with the presidents of Argentina, Javier Milei; Paraguay, Santiago Peña; Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi; Chile, José Antonio Kast; Ecuador, Daniel Noboa; Honduras, Nasry Asfura; Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz; and Panama, José Raúl Mulino. She also received the King of Spain, Felipe VI, who also participated in the official activities for the presidential handover.
The Announcement Commission arrives at the Torre Tagle Palace and enters the building to officially invite the president-elect Keiko Fujimori to Congress.
With the departure of the President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, the meetings that President Keiko Fujimori held with the leaders who came to the country to attend her inauguration concluded.
While Keiko Fujimori prepares to receive the presidential sash, her runoff rival, Roberto Sánchez, participated in a protest against her at the Paseo de los Héroes Navales.
The absence of Juntos por el Perú congress members is notable. It is usual for these commissions to be composed of representatives from all caucuses.
It is worth remembering that in 2021, Fuerza Popular congress members did join the Announcement and Receiving commissions for the inauguration of then-president Pedro Castillo.
The President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, leaves the Torre Tagle Palace, where he also held a meeting with Keiko Fujimori. “A very positive first meeting. Paraguay has great affection for the people of Peru,” he said in statements to the press. He added that the relationship between the two countries is active but highlighted that Paraguay’s commercial relationship with the region could be better leveraged.
Lourdes Alcorta, who presides over the Announcement Commission, now belongs to the Renovación Popular caucus but was a Fuerza Popular congress member during the unicameral period 2016-2019.
The President of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, leaves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after a meeting with Keiko Fujimori. President Paz gives brief statements to the press. “There was a first phase in the relationship because there was a friendship between my father and President Fujimori. After 34 years, with both (Paz and Fujimori) being presidents, it is a blessing. She is a very practical woman, she addressed issues related to Bolivia and what could be beneficial for our peoples,” he said.
The Announcement Commission, led by Lourdes Alcorta, heads to the Torre Tagle Palace to report that everything is ready in Parliament to receive the president-elect, Keiko Fujimori. She has received various authorities this morning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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No member of Juntos por el Perú is part of the commissions.
Receiving Commission
Patricia Juárez, Fuerza Popular
Martha Moyano, Fuerza Popular
Aldo Bravo, Renovación Popular
Luis Quispe, Partido del Buen Gobierno
Alejandro Muñante, Renovación Popular
Andrea Medina, Obras
Announcement Commission
Lourdes Alcorta, Renovación Popular
Cecilia Chacón, Fuerza Popular
Diego Bazán, Renovación Popular
Flavio Figallo, Partido del Buen Gobierno
Jaime Abensur, Fuerza Popular
Marleny Arminta, Ahora Nación
The Plenary approved the announcement and receiving commissions for the protocol act of President Keiko Fujimori’s arrival:
Regarding prevention, another key aspect will be to know the progress of the works announced to reduce the impact of the phenomenon. According to ANIN, in 2026 the entity has an investment budget of S/ 1.758 billion and reports an execution progress of 59%. The question is whether this pace will allow the main interventions to be ready before the period of heaviest rains.
The El Niño Phenomenon will be another topic that will capture attention during the Message to the Nation. Expectations revolve around prevention actions, considering that ENFEN maintains the alert for Coastal El Niño and expects the event could extend until April 2027, with a high possibility of reaching strong intensity and even an extraordinary magnitude towards the end of this year is not ruled out.
Previously, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fujimori held various meetings with presidents and foreign dignitaries who attended her inauguration.
The figures reflect the magnitude of the problem. Between January 1 and July 17, 107 attacks with victims against public transport in Lima and Callao were recorded, matching the total for all of 2025 in just 198 days, according to the Public Ministry. Additionally, between January and June, 12,634 extortion and blackmail complaints were reported nationwide, averaging 70 complaints per day, or about three per hour.
Expectations for the Message to the Nation are high, especially in a context where insecurity remains the main concern of Peruvians. Attention will focus on announcements about extortion and contract killing, two crimes that have escalated and now affect transporters, merchants, and citizens in different regions of the country.
The protocol act is already starting in Congress. All 60 senators are present in the chamber, but only 125 (out of 130) deputies.
Today we are joined by María Rosa Villalobos, editor of the Economy section, Martín Hidalgo, head of the Investigation Unit of El Comercio, and Martín Acosta, deputy editor of the National section.
Happy National Holidays to all El Comercio’s audience! In the coming hours, the editors of this newspaper will comment in real time on all the details of Keiko Fujimori’s first Message to the Nation as President of the Republic.
Together with Luis Galarreta, Keiko Fujimori also introduced the former Central Reserve Bank (BCR) director Elmer Cuba as the next Minister of Economy and Finance and lawyer and journalist Carlos Espá as the new Foreign Minister.
Luis Galarreta, from Keiko Fujimori’s and Fuerza Popular’s trusted circle, to be the next President of the Council of Ministers
The announced head of the Ministerial Cabinet has no roots in Fujimorism. However, during the last decade, he worked to earn a place in the orange leader’s trusted circle and become one of the main figures of Fuerza Popular.
One day before swearing in as President of the Republic, Keiko Fujimori announced that Luis Galarreta, Secretary General of Fuerza Popular and former Speaker of Congress, will be the head of the first Ministerial Cabinet of her administration.
Keiko Fujimori and her first Message to the Nation: What are the main points she will address in her speech before Congress?
Keiko Fujimori will deliver a speech prioritizing citizen security, economic reactivation, and measures against the threat of the El Niño phenomenon (FEN).
As recalled, the Messages to the Nation given by Dina Boluarte (2022-2025) for National Holidays lasted more than three hours. One of them, in 2024, extended a little over 5 hours.
According to sources close to Fuerza Popular, it is expected that Keiko Fujimori’s first Message to the Nation will last between 45 minutes and one hour.
Starting at 11:30 a.m. this Tuesday, the transfer of supreme command of the nation to Fujimori for the 2026-2031 period will be celebrated.
This Tuesday, July 28, Keiko Fujimori will assume the Presidency of the Republic. The solemn act in Congress will officially begin the administration of the Fuerza Popular leader.
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