Obraćajući se novinarima na pres-konferenciji 23. februara, bivši potpredsjednik izjavio je da je pomilovao ukupno 533 kriminalca i odbacio zahtjeve još 7.900 drugih osuđenih prekršilaca u tih deset godina do januara 2012.
Addressing reporters at a press conference on February 23rd, the former vice president said that he had pardoned a total of 533 criminals and rejected the requests of another 7,900 convicted offenders in the ten years to January 2012.