An inauguration with strong symbolic and regional significance. Keiko Fujimori was sworn in this Tuesday as president of Peru in a ceremony held in Congress, where she received the presidential sash and delivered her first message to the Nation.
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After her presidential inauguration, Keiko Fujimori began her message to the Nation by saying she would remain in power for only five years. “From this July 28, 2026, we will begin to write our future for the next five years. Not one day more,” she assured.
The woman who represents the return of Fujimorism after 26 years emphasized criticisms of the governments that preceded her, accusing them of abandoning the country and allowing corruption to take root.
“We received a country marked by abandonment, a State adrift due to the lack of a strategic function (…) A State weakened by corruption where institutions stopped serving citizens, with basic services that never reached those who needed them most. This incapacity of the State is the result of decades of governments that resigned with indifference and neglect to close the gaps for access to essential services,” the new president stated before Congress.
“The situation in which we received the State is so catastrophic that today Peru has the highest income inequality in all of Latin America (…) And as a consequence, 35% of children aged 6 to 35 months suffer from anemia, this is truly immoral,” she stressed.
Likewise, the conservative leader promised to close social gaps and fight crime. “This is a country with infinite potential, but stuck and fragmented by distrust and insecurity, which has caused a very deep wound in the social fabric (…) From this moment an irreversible timer starts, 1,826 days of administration in which every public official will have to work intensely with measurable goals and constant accountability,” she declared.
Fujimori promised a strict fight against crime, even within police institutions if necessary. “We will work to dismantle extortion mafias with intelligence services, from their leaders and structures. But we will also be relentless against those who betray the uniform, no police officer serving crime will find protection in our government, whoever dishonors the institution will answer to Justice with the full weight of the law,” she emphasized.
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As part of her policies, she declared that the Armed Forces, in coordination with the National Police, will temporarily assume command of security operations. “Where organized crime, illegal mining have taken control from the State, we will use all the tools that the Constitution makes available to the Government. During states of emergency, the Armed Forces will temporarily assume leadership of security operations and internal control in close coordination with the National Police to fully restore State authority and return those territories to the citizens,” she concluded.
Faced with the polarization the country is experiencing, the president urged political parties and citizens to participate in a dialogue process for unity. “Today I want to make a call that reaches every corner of our homeland, I call on the opposition political forces, let us build bridges of dialogue, think about the next generations and not the next elections,” she mentioned at the end of her speech. “Let us seek common ground to solve the problems that burden the citizen and delay our development,” she expressed.
The ceremony was marked by the departure of several opposition congress members, who left in protest to demand justice for the victims during the protests.
Among her social measures, Fujimori set a goal to halve anemia and child malnutrition. She announced the relaunch of the National Food Assistance Program (PRONAA) to provide food in public schools and an increase in the pension for elderly people in extreme poverty. “We will start by doubling the amount of Pension 65, from 350 soles (103 dollars) bimonthly to 700 soles bimonthly (206 dollars) for elderly people in extreme poverty,” she indicated.
The inauguration gathered a broad international representation led by King Felipe VI of Spain and several Latin American leaders, including presidents Javier Milei of Argentina; Daniel Noboa of Ecuador; José Antonio Kast of Chile; Santiago Peña of Paraguay; José Raúl Mulino of Panama; Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay; Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia; and Nasry Asfura of Honduras. The United States was represented by an official delegation sent by President Donald Trump, led by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau.
