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under heavy security 5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Quevedo, Former President of the Congress: "We met with the honorable President Quevedo in his office and he, inside his office and with his own signature, confirmed that he had resigned to his functions as President of the Congress without any conditions as he himself said." 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Cynthia Viteri, Deputy of the Social Cristiano (PSC) Party: "And I, sensibly and intelligently, and in line with my own principles have presented my resignation to the Presidency of the National Congress." 7. Various of police arresting people 8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Xavier Neira, Deputy: "This is the way, the stupid and blind way and irresponsible way, the president of the Congress is acting. He is the one provoking this turmoil." Q: "Why are you breaking into Congress?" A: "To request jobs because that is what the country needs, work." 9. Various of people breaking into building and breaking glass STORYLINE: The president of Ecuador's Congress resigned on Wednesday, five days after he ordered guards to chain shut the legislature's doors to prevent a majority of lawmakers from convening to vote for him to be ousted from office. "Faced with a real situation of collusion that would affect not only the Congress but the whole nation ... I have decided it proper to hand over my position for the good of Ecuadoreans," Hugo Quevedo told reporters. He declined to say whether he also was quitting as a congressman. Congress Vice President Jose Cordero assumed the legislature's presidency on Wednesday and vowed to carry out a "self-purification of Congress." Quevado's rivals, who make up a majority of Ecuador's 123-seat Congress, on Wednesday morning broke through the locks and chains placed on the main chamber doors last Friday. They went into session, intent on gathering the 82 votes needed to strip Quevedo of the Congress presidency on grounds of ethics violations and mismanagement. Quevedo had ordered a surprise recess of Congress last week after a congressional oversight committee accused him of profiteering by selling airline tickets that had been purchased at a discount by the legislature for official travel around the country. Quevedo, a political independent, has not commented publicly about the allegation. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6c341cd5b297e00e4b69caf5b4f6a116