Saïd Sadi

Saïd Sadi (Kabyle: Saεid Seεdi) (born 26 August 1947 in Aghribs, now in Tizi Ouzou Province) is an Algerian politician and President of the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD).

Sadi founded the RCD in 1989 on the basis of secularism and cultural pluralism; the party has found a niche as a Liberal party espousing Kabyle Berber grievances.

He was a candidate in the 1995 presidential election and received 9% of the vote. He boycotted the 1999 presidential election but participated in the 2004 presidential election, receiving 1.9% of the vote on that occasion.

Sadi announced on 15 January 2009 that the RCD would not participate in the April 2009 presidential election, which he described as a "pathetic and dangerous circus", saying that to participate "would be tantamount to complicity in an operation of national humiliation".[1]

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