the disputes that might take place as to carrying out two final contradictory rulings where one of the aforementioned rulings has been issued by one of the judicial body and the other by another body of judicial competence. And by virtue of the provision of Article No. 26 of the aforementioned law, the SCC alone has the power to interpret the laws issued by the Legislative Authority and the decrees issued by the Head of the State in case of any divergence as regards their implementation. The SCC can, in all cases, judge on the unconstitutionality of any provision in a law or a regulation being presented to it when assuming its competences and connected to the dispute presented before it. The president of the Supreme Court was the head of the Presidential Election Commission that supervised and ran the country's first multi-candidate presidential elections in 2005. Building The new building (completed in the year 2000) was designed by Ahmed Mito, then a young Egyptian architect. It is an unusual contemporary instance of Egyptian Revival architecture, a style more popular in the nineteenth century. Covering 4000 m2, it also includes counseling halls, a multi purpose hall for 451 people, offices, a library, a museum, 33 consultants' offices and a large atrium that rises up to 18 meters and is covered by a dome. See also Constitution Constitutionalism Constitutional economics Jurisprudence Judiciary Rule of law Rule According to Higher Law Tahani al-Gebali References External links Official website Constitutional Courts after the Arab Spring Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt State Information Service Photos of SCC building, 2008 Egypt: Roadmap to the presidency, Gamal Essam El-Din, Al-Ahram Weekly, July 25, 2009, about Farouk Sultan's appointment Egypt's New Chief Justice, Clark Lombardi, Comparative Constitutions, September 30, 2009 1979 establishments in Egypt Buildings and structures in Cairo Egypt Judiciary of Egypt Egyptian Revival architecture Egypt Courts and tribunals established in 1979