Iām not sure you understand the full power of the Nationalist Christian movement. Itās not about pardoning the poors. Itās about creating a paramilitary force with fanatical loyally to him, and him alone. Heāll be viewed by them as a savior/messiah even more than he already is by those people specifically. He will be seen as the Chosen One by those people, because he specifically saved them from āunjust imprisonment and political persecutionā (for the record, itās fully justified prosecution, because they fucking rioted and broke into the capital, trying to stop a peaceful fucking transfer of power). This is just a new and horrifyingly fascinating evolution of the groĆe LĆ¼ge: continue to reframe an event by pardon people for crimes they actually committed that youāve consistently told everyone arenāt crimes because you wanted those crimes to succeed.