the National Assembly was changed to the People's Assembly. 2005/2007 constitutional amendments In 2005 and 2007, constitutional amendments were made. Principles in the amended constitution include: Election of the president of the republic by direct secret ballot by citizens who have the right to vote. Ensuring that multiple candidates be put forward for the people to choose from. Ensuring the credibility of the nomination process. Providing the opportunity for political parties to put forward one of their leaders to contest the first presidential elections to be held in light of the amendment. The establishment of a presidential election commission that would enjoy complete independence to supervise the election process. Ensuring judicial supervision over the voting process. The following provisions regarding the election process are stipulated in Article 76 as amended: A successful candidate must be elected by the majority of the votes. If no candidate attains such a majority, elections will be repeated after at least seven days between the two candidates having the highest votes. In case of a tie between the candidate who attained the second highest votes and a third candidate, the third candidate shall participate in the second round. The candidate who receives the highest votes in the second round shall be declared president. The amendment also provides that a law will be passed to regulate the relevant election procedures. This law is expected to regulate the various aspects of the election process itself, including campaign funding, equal access to the media, and guarantees of fair competition. As required by the amendment, the law will be submitted to the Supreme Constitutional Court to opine on its constitutionality. This establishes an important precedent in Egypt's legal tradition, by which the Supreme Constitutional Court shall have the right of prior review of national legislation to decide on its compatibility with the Constitution. This differs from the practice thus far by which the review process undertaken by the Court on national legislation was done by judicial review subsequent to the passage of legislation. Presidential powers Under the system created by the 1980, 2003 and 2007 constitutional amendments to the 1971 Constitution, the President is the pre-eminent executive figure, who names the Prime Minister of Egypt as well as appoints the Cabinet per the latter's recommendation, while in reality, he was the head of both the state and of the government, as well as being the top foreign policy maker