The Armenian Revolutionary Federation of Artsakh kicked off its election campaign for president and parliament on Wednesday near the border village of Marzili in the Hadrut Province with candidates, headed by the party’s presidential hopeful, paying respects to memory of Artsakh freedom fighters.

Marzili is the site where Artsakh freedom fighter Monte Melkoian (Avo) was killed by Azerbaijani troops. At memorial in his memory, the ARF candidates pledged their allegiance to all those who gave their lives in the name of Artsakh’s Liberation Movement.

Artsakh’s presidential and legislative elections will take place on March 31.

Under the slogan of “We have won, will not concede and will advance TOGETHER,” the Artsakh ARF kicked of the election campaign with a platform that pledges to advance socio-economic justice for the people of Artsakh as well as fight to preserve Artsakh’s territorial integrity during the Karabakh conflict resolution process. Below are the points on which the ARF candidates are campaigning.

• Preserving and reestablishing the territorial integrity of the Republic of Artsakh in the Karabakh conflict settlement process;
• Signing of the Armenia-Artsakh Strategic Cooperation Agreement to preserve Artsakh’s national security and clarify Artsakh’s legal status;
• Preserving the national unity based on equality and rule of law by advancing social justice and defending human rights
• By waging an unimpeded struggle against corruption and monopolies guarantee the citizen’s complete equality.
• By adopting Artsakh new Constitution, balance the government structures to strengthen and advance democracy.
• Advancing a structured, large-scale and long-term re-population program.
• Creating opportunities for the complete advancement of the young citizens.
• Optimizing the productive use of Artsakh’s natural resources—its National Wealth.
• Advancing Artsakh’s defense structures based on the concept of “Nation-Army.”

The ARF of Artsakh made the decision to participate in the elections was made during a special convention held at the end of January.