How should people interpret the election?
This was a success for the people of the Kurdistan region. In the past, our people were subject to annihilation. Now we have reached a stage where they can vote freely for whomever they want. How should we view the emergence of a new opposition? I welcome it. I see having an opposition as a healthy phenomenon. What do you say to charges that there is too much corruption, not enough democracy? We will immediately constitute a public integrity or anticorruption commission. Whoever has any complaint, any evidence, they are welcome to come forward. For the first time in many months, you and Prime Minister Maliki spoke yesterday. is your relationship improving? Prime Minister Maliki called and congratulated me. This was a good initiative, and we believe it will help break the ice. You have made some tough statements lately about how bad relations are with Baghdad. There has been misinterpretation of what I said. In fact, my position has been the same from day one. I did not ask for anything
