During the years 2005-2011, the legalized opposition was successfully tamed by the Mubarak regime. It was weak, loyal, co-opted, coerced and allowed/accepted state clientelism. The opposition as weak: The legalized opposition was weak externally in its effects on the regime's policies and internally due to fragmentations and divisions within the party. Their external weakness can be seen through their voting behavior in parliament. It will focus on their reaction to three vital issues deliberated in parliament during 2005-2010, namely the amendment of Article 76 of the constitution to allow Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential elections (2005), seen as tailored to the preparation of Gamal Mubarak, the extension of the infamous emergency law and the modification of 34 articles of the Constitution (2007) seen by MB and some liberals as a constitutional step backwards that aims to strengthen presidential powers and give the Shura Council a legislative role wider. The amendments also included the controversial decision to ensure that elections could take place on a single day, eliminating judicial oversight as was the case before 2000. Despite the opposition's rejection of the three moves and months of debate, there was no real action by legalized countries. opposition to resist him. The legalized opposition was reportedly part of the broad movement against the three moves. However they have a history of backtracking on voting day. Their reaction varied between not showing up on the voting day (Wafdist Mahmoud Abaza in the 2007 vote on amending 34 articles of the Constitution) or showing up but abstaining from voting or agreeing with the controversial law as the parties did Tagammu and Wafd regarding the exten...... middle of paper ......politicians. For example, the court found that construction magnate Mohamed Murshidi, the NDP candidate for the professional (fiaat) seat in the Maadi district of southern Cairo, had relied on a Court of Cassation report implicating the judge Mohamed Siddiq Borhan in electoral irregularities and manipulation of results in favor of the NDP candidate. The court found that Wafd candidate Fouad Badrawi was on track to victory before “security forces descended on the vote counting station and began, in coordination with the presiding judge, to alter the results.” (Al-Ahram Weekly)The 2010 parliamentary elections were another scandal orchestrated by the NDP in which no opposition won a seat in parliament and was probably one of the reasons that led to the revolution of 2011.