Kazakhstan will grant amnesty to about 30,000 prisoners in connection with the 25th Independence Day of Kazakhstan, Deputy Prosecutor General Iogan Merkel said Friday.

Mazhilis, the lower house of Kazakh Parliament, has set up a working group to study amnesty on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s Independence.

The amnesty bill was developed in order to free imprisoned minors, pregnant women, women with underage and disabled children, people with disabilities, old persons, as well as those who committed minor and non-grave crimes.

“Persons convicted for organization of peaceful assemblies and protests and incitement of ethnic hatred a will not be granted amnesty,” Kazinform cited  Merkel as saying.

Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov, who is serving a sentence for corruption, may come under amnesty,prominent lawyer Sergei Utkin commented to Sputnik Kazakhstan news agency.

“Corruption article can theoretically fall under the amnesty as they also can be categorized as miner, serious, very serious. It also depends on the amount of damage. It is quite possible that the corruption articles may fall under the amnesty,” Utkin commented.

In December 2015, Akhmetov was found guilty of embezzlement of entrusted property, illegal participation in entrepreneurial activity, abuse of power and obstruction to business and sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony. In March 2016, Akhmetov’s sentence was reduced from 10 years to 8 years by Appeals Board of the Karaganda regional court.