On November 20, 2000 (October 25, 2000 lunar calendar), Peruvian President Fujimori officially resigned. On November 21, Peruvian President Fujimori, who had announced his resignation, held his first press conference after arriving in his hotel in Tokyo, Japan. Fujimori was from Tokyo on the 20th. On November 20, 2000, the Peruvian Presidential Palace announced that Peruvian President Fujimori officially sent his resignation to the Peruvian Congress from Tokyo, Japan on the same day, requesting his resignation as President of the Republic. In the resignation letter submitted to the Congress by the Secretary-General of the Presidential Palace, Fujimori said that after careful consideration, he decided to resign because he believed that staying in Peru and participating in the regime transition was not in the national interest. He hoped to ease the domestic political pressure in order to achieve a smooth and orderly regime transition and maintain the stability of the country's economy. The newly elected president of the National Assembly, Balentin Paniagua, said on the same day that the National Assembly will hold a meeting on the 21st to discuss Fujimori's resignation, as well as the opposition's earlier motion to impeach the president and the resignation application submitted by First Vice President Tudela in October. Second Vice President Ricardo Marx, who is acting as president, also announced his resignation on the 20th.