The Yabloko faction supports the members of the Presidential Pardon Commission who oppose the bureaucratisation of its performance.

As stressed in a statement of the Yabloko faction disseminated on Thursday, June 28, 2001, "the Pardon Commission should remain an institute representing civil society." The statement notes: "Its transformation into a department of state machinery headed by bureaucrats is inadmissible."

The statement also stipulates that state mercy reflects the degree of a
country’s civilisation and demonstrates the moral health of society. It stresses: "Yabloko insists on normalisation of the work of the Pardon Commission.”.

Based on Interfax reports.