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Quito, Elcomercio.com, AFP

Alberto Acosta today suspended the sitting of the House of Assembly for lack of quorum and convened a further meeting tomorrow at 09:00.

The agenda of the meeting, was expected to know the resignation of Acosta to the presidency of the body at 15:00.

However, at that time were present only the assembly of the opposition. While most of Country Agreement, is collected in Manta.

Acosta is also expected to read his irrevocable resignation in the newsroom Jose Peralta.

In the morning, the Government expressed its concern over the untimely resignation of the official Alberto Acosta as President of the Constituent, following its disagreement with the ultimatum issued by the agent Rafael Correa to deliver on July 26 the new Constitution.

"Of course we are concerned. We have known the resignation of Alberto and we will contact to find out their reasons and look what we exit, "said Coordinating Minister for Politics, Ricardo Patino.

Acosta, who until now was seen as one of the closest allies of Correa, announced his resignation when five weeks remaining to be handed over the draft new constitution, with which the Ecuadorian president seeks to enable immediate re-election and strengthen state control on the economy.

The head of the Constituent Assembly, controlled by the officialdom, disagreed with the pressures of Correa to the constitutional text will be handed over on July 26-when the term ends in referendum-approved and submitted to referendum in late September .

However, the minister Patiño minimized the discrepancies between the two leaders said that Acosta and ex-minister of Petroleos de Correa-continue to support the government project.

"As there are no ideological differences, we believe in the same, there are no discrepancies, the problem is procedural," said the official.

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