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Peru’s ousted President Pedro Castillo appeared in court for the first time on Thursday since he was removed from office, arrested and charged with “rebellion” for trying to shut down the Andean country’s congress.

Castillo, a onetime left-wing schoolteacher, was taciturn and allowed his lawyer to do most of the talking at the hearing to discuss his arrest after the dramatic developments of the previous day. One of them, Anibal Torres, served as his prime minister until late November. His other lawyer, Victor Perez, said Castillo’s speech Wednesday announcing the closure of Congress “does not constitute a crime of rebellion.”

When Presiding Judge Castillo gave the floor at the end of the hearing, he was uncharacteristically calm. “That’s it,” he says, showing the same pale expression and wearing the blue jacket he was photographed in on Wednesday when he was first arrested.

“Rebellion is a serious crime,” Prosecutor Marco Huamann said at the hearing. “It does not matter whether it is successful to be a crime.”

The hearing comes after Castillo’s failed attempt to avoid his removal from office by Congress after months of conflict. Hours before lawmakers voted to impeach him on Wednesday, Castillo announced the closure of Congress, the formation of an “emergency government” and the imposition of a nighttime curfew.

Outrage was swift, with much of his cabinet resigning. Moments later, 101 out of 130 deputies voted for Castillo’s impeachment as he fled the palace.

He was then taken into custody at the Town Hall in Lima. Small groups of opponents and supporters demonstrated outside the building.

Castillo’s vice president, Dina Boulwart, was sworn in later Wednesday, becoming Peru’s first female president. She described her predecessor’s actions as an “attempted coup” at the ceremony and vowed to form a government “of all sects”.

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