Jirair Sefilian, a veteran of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, is one of the party's key figures. The party intends to set up a sister party in the Republic of Artsakh.[5] Sasna Tsrer participated in the 2018 parliamentary elections,[6] but received only 1.82% of the votes. As this was lower than the 5% minimum threshold required, the party failed to gain any representation in the National Assembly.