The ceremony landed on the 205th anniversary of Peruvian independence — the date Peru has used for decades to hand over presidential power. A second, separate milestone followed on July 15, when election authorities handed Fujimori and her running mates their formal credentials in a ceremony at Lima's Gran Teatro Nacional. Sánchez has since kept calling backers into the streets, and demonstrations tied to his objections continued around Tuesday's ceremony. A Dynasty Comes Back to Government PalaceFujimori's swearing-in returns her family's name to executive power roughly 26 years after her father's government collapsed. Outgoing interim President José María Balcázar hosted the visiting leaders at a dinner the night before the ceremony.