 He was ultimately re-elected to the Senate in 1973 on behalf of the Peronist-led Frejuli alliance, serving until the dissolution of the Argentine Senate in the March 1976 coup.In the 1970s Saadi had been a leading supporter of the far-left Montoneros, and set up the "Intransigencia y Movilización" faction; he was a patron of future Defense Minister Nilda Garré.Re-elected in 1983 at the return of democracy, Saadi led the Justicialists in the Senate, where the party obtained a majority of 21 seats to 18 for the UCR.