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Article 27 • Head of state selection The President of the Republic is elected with the absolute majority of the suffrage expressed. If this is not obtained at the first round, it proceeds in a time of fifteen days to a second round. This second round is open solely to the two candidates who have received the greatest number of votes. If one of the two candidates desists, the ballot remains open to the candidate ranking next in the order of suffrage expressed. If, in the seven days preceding the deadline of deposit of the candidatures, one of the persons having, less than thirty days before this date, publicly announced their decision to be a candidate, dies or is found to be incapacitated, the Constitutional Council can decide to postpone the election. If, before the first round, one of the candidates dies or is found to be incapacitated, the Constitutional Council orders the postponement of the election. In the case of death or of incapacity of one of the two candidates most favored in the first round, before any eventual withdrawals, or that of one of the two candidates remaining following any such withdrawals, the Constitutional Council can decide on the repetition of the whole of the electoral operations. The convocation of the electors is made by decree taken in the Council of Ministers. constituteproject.org PDF generated: 28 Feb 2020, 00:44 Page 8Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010) The Constitutional Council controls the regularity of these operations, decides on the complaints, and proclaims the results of the ballot. • Constitutional court powers