Rivlin spoke about the new position he is slated to take: "I am very happy and excited about this position, and I hope the Knesset, in all its parts, will have faith in me.
"My first, and more important, mission, if I am selected for the post, will be to reestablish the Knesset's strength and status in the public. An uncompromising ethical code regarding all proceedings of Knesset members needs to be instated in order to prevent the repeat of the negative phenomena we have witnessed in recent years."
