Significance: Humala’s decision to take the oath using the 1979 constitution and not the 1993 magna carta, sanctioned by Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) in 1993 following an autogolpe and the dissolution of the national congress, threw the Fujimoristas present into furious chants, calling for Humala’s “resignation”. A hardline Fujimorista congresswoman, Marta Chávez, declared the democratically elected Humala “a de facto president”.
The outgoing president, Alan García, also broke with tradition, transferring the presidential sash to the head of the army on the steps of the Casa de Gobierno, claiming that he wanted to avoid the booing he was subjected to when he passed the presidency on to Fujimori in 1990. Humala received the presidential sash from Daniel Abugattás, the recently elected head of congress.
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