A similar ruling took place last week when the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt dissolved [JURIST report] the Egyptian Parliament [official websites] because it found that one-third of the parliament's members were elected illegally. The court, by invalidating the entire parliament, affirmed the lower court's decision of February [JURIST report] when the High Administrative Court of Egypt ruled that voting system used in the recent parliamentary election was unconstitutional. During the election, two-thirds of parliamentary seats were apportioned to political parties while the remaining ones were given to individuals. The court held that this apportionment was against the country's constitution which provides that half of the seats should be held for individuals.