Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pōtitanga pāremata o Hui-tanguru 1993, ko Salifou te kaitono mo tana rōpū, te Union of Democratic and Progressive Patriots (UPDP-Chamoua), i te rohe pōti o Zinder, a ka pōtihia ki te National Assembly. Ka rite ki te Pirimia Ahmadou Cheiffou, i riria ia e te Huihuinga o te Motu ki te tu hei kaitono i te
pōtitanga peresideniraa tū i muri i roto i te taua marama no te mea o tona tūranga rite te peresideniraa o te Kaunihera High o te Republic. 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.