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If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.

In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization.

I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing.

I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.

I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.

During my time in prison, I told myself that I wanted to be a part of the solution and not the problem.