In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, former Aidar commander, Serhiy Melnychuk,[7] became a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing the Radical Party of Oleh Lyashko; he ranked third on the party's election list.[8][9] The commander of Aidar's second company, Ihor Lapin, is an MP for People's Front after winning a constituency seat in Lutsk in the same election.[10][11]