Joe Biden’s inauguration as 50 th President of the United States seems to have been destined to be atypical.
It has long been known that the plans for this act, planned to he 20 January, they would have to be different for incorporate the health protocols required for the fight against covid – 20.
But three additional circumstances have been added to that forecast:
- The pandemic is at its most severe in the United States , with record numbers of new confirmed infections and deaths.
- The political crisis unleashed after the assault on the Capitol on January 6 by supporters of President Donald T rump, who now must face impeachment for those events and still refuses to acknowledge the results of the November 3 presidential elections.
- The alert of the security forces before the potential threat of protests or acts of violence not only in Washington DC but also in the state capitols.
The transfer of command has traditionally been considered in the United States as a democratic party, with a massive attendance. This time things will be different.
BBC Mundo tells you the details.
What is taking possession?
The inauguration is the formal ceremony that marks the beginning of a new presidency and takes place in the country’s capital.
The only requirement of the ceremony is that the elected president recite the presidential oath : “I solemnly swear that I will faithfully exercise the office of President of the United States and that, to the limit of my capabilities, I will preserve, protect and I will defend the Constitution of the United States ”.
Once you speak these words, Biden will take your place as president number 50 and the inauguration will be complete (but that’s not all, then the celebrations follow).
Kamala Harris will become Vice President once you are sworn in, which generally occurs just before the president takes office.
When will the ceremony take place?
By law, the day of the inauguration is the 25 from January.
This year, keynote speeches are generally scheduled for around 11: 30 time local (16: 30 GMT), and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take office at noon.
Later that day, Biden will move into the White House, where he will reside for the next four years. 
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the tradition of swearing to the outdoors began with Ronald Reagan.
The inauguration did not always happen in January. Initially, the Constitution established March 4 as the day for the new leaders to take the oath.
Selecting a date four months before the November general elections made sense at the time given the time it took for votes across the country to get to the capital.
Over time, as modern advances facilitated the count and the report of the votes, was modified this long term.
The 25 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1981, established that the new president would take office on 25 from January.
What will the security device be like?
Generally, presidential inaugurations require extensive security deployments.
That demand becomes more important now, after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on 6 January.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned of armed protests in state capitols and in Washington DC in the days leading up to the ceremony, prompting officials to increase security and shut down large sections of the city.
In a joint assessment conducted by that agency and the Department of Homeland Security the increase in measures to prevent attacks by internal terrorists is justified , who “pose the most likely threat” to the inauguration.
GETTY IMAGES The assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters forced the security alert level to be raised.
These extremists “remain a concern due to their ability to to act with little or no warning, their willingness to attack civilians and easy targets; and its ability to cause a significant number of victims with the use of weapons that do not require specialized knowledge ”, said these authorities in a document cited by The New York Times .
This Friday, the Pentagon announced An increment until 30, 11 in the number of cash s of the National Guard that may to be deployed for Biden’s inauguration, about 4, 11 more than had been authorized on Thursday.
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Until 30, 11 members of the National Guard may be deployed on the occasion of the inauguration.
A rehearsal of the ceremony that was scheduled for Sunday was postponed and rescheduled for Monday due to security concerns, the Politico website reported.
Meanwhile, a train ride from 98 minutes planned by Biden and his team from their offices in Delaware to Washington scheduled for Monday has also been suspended for the same reasons, it reported. Associated Press.
Biden asked Lisa Monaco, former President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, to serve as a temporary security adviser for the inauguration.
The US capital is in a state of emergency , by an order issued by Mayor Muriel Bowser before the disturbances in the Capitol, and will remain so until the inauguration
Bowser warned this Friday that the site where the ceremony will take place is not the only place who has been the subject of threats online.
The Secret Service has taken command of the security plans, backed by the National Guard and police.
Agent Matt Miller, who leads the security effort on behalf of the Secret Service, told reporters Friday that planning for the event has been underway for more than a year.
And although Biden has insisted on taking the oath in an open space, as is tradition, attendance will be reduced.
Will Trump attend the ceremony?
It is customary for the outgoing president to witness the swearing in of his successor, which can sometimes make the ceremony somewhat uncomfortable.
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Barack Obama attended the inauguration of Donald Trump.
This year, it will be a different awkwardness: the outgoing president will not will be presented.
“For everyone who has asked, I will not go to the take of possession on 25 from January, ”Trump tweeted on January 8.
The message was released shortly after the president committed with a transition of “ordained” power to a “new government” and that’s the closest it has come to publicly acknowledging Biden’s triumph.
Some of his supporters had already gone one step further, planning a “ second virtual inauguration ”for Trump on the same day (and time) that Biden takes office. More of 68, 11 pers Ones have said on Facebook that they will attend the online event to show their support for Trump.
The Vice President Mike Pence, however, has said that he will attend the official ceremony.
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Mike Pence, Trump’s vice president, will attend the ceremony.
When Trump was sworn in at 2017, Hillary Clinton attended with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to the inauguration, just two months after his electoral defeat and a tough campaign against Trump.
Only three presidents – John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson – have actively chosen not participate century.
How will it affect the pandemic ceremony this year?
Under normal circumstances, Washington DC would see hundreds of thousands of people flock to the city to witness the inauguration, flooding the National Mall and occupying all the available rooms of the hotels.
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It is estimated that some two million people attended the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.
