Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I nga pooti paremata o Hui-tanguru 1993, ko Salifou te kaitono mo tana roopu, te Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots (UPDP-Chamoua), i te rohe pooti o Zinder, ka pootihia ki te National Assembly. Ka rite ki te Pirimia Ahmadou Cheiffou, i aukatia ia e te Huihuinga o te Motu ki te tu hei kaitono i te pooti perehitini
i tū i muri mai i taua marama anō nā tōna tūranga hei Perehitini o te Kaunihera Runga o te Reipa. Whai muri i te kowhiringa pooti, ko te UPDP, i arahina e Salifou, he waahanga o te whakahee me te National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD). I uru a Salifou ki tetahi whakaeke whakahee i te Paenga-whāwhā 16, 1994, ka hopukina me etahi atu 90, tae atu ki te kaiarahi o te MNSD a Tandja Mamadou.