However, Sifi withdrew in April 1999 along with six of the seven other candidates, allowing the only remaining candidate, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to become president.
然而西菲在1999年4月和其他候選人一同撤除提名，並讓剩下唯一的候選人阿卜杜勒-阿齊茲·布特弗利卡當選成為總統。