Later in the week, the impasse appeared to take a less hostile tone. As Fox's term came to an end at midnight on Thursday night, he held an unprecedented and largely symbolic ceremony in which he handed the presidential sash and presidential residence over to Calderón. On Friday, hours before the scheduled Oath of Office ceremony in the Legislative Palace, the legislature erupted in a brawl. The incident was broadcast on live television. In spite of such events the ceremony took place. Calderón entered the Congress chamber through a back door directly onto the podium, and in a quick ceremony took the Oath of Office. Then, rather than deliver his inaugural address to Congress (the traditional follow-up to the oath taking), he left through the back immediately after the National Anthem was sung, and delivered the address in the National Auditorium, filled with supporters. See also 2006 Mexican general election Federal Electoral Institute Federal Electoral Tribunal 2006 Mexican elections List of political parties in Mexico Politics of Mexico Elections in Mexico Mexico Electoral fraud (Inclusion of this Wikipedia link does not indicate endorsement of the claims made of electoral irregularities and fraud in the 2006 Mexican general election.) Voting system Campaign finance Election observers References External links 2006 in Mexico 2006 elections in Mexico Political scandals in Mexico Vicente Fox 2006 controversies