Several political parties took immediate measures to implement the law. On 9 March 2016 the CEC, on the basis of changes in the law "on Elections of People's Deputies", removed nine candidates to the Verkhovna Rada from the list of the radical party of Oleg Lyashko. On 23 March Party "Samopomich" requested the CEC to delete 11 candidates from its electoral list of 2014. Party officials said that the 14 March party congress, in accordance with the law "on Elections of People's Deputies" decided to exclude those candidates from the party who had not taken part in the activities of the party or were expelled from the party for violations over the past 1.5 years. On 25 March, 2016, Petro Poroshenko’s Block excluded several candidates from its list as well.