: The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court ruled that a law passed by Parliament in May, banning former regime figures from running for office, was unconstitutional; this ended a threat to Ahmed Shafik's candidacy for president during Egypt's 2012 presidential election.
: The SCAF said that it picked a 100-member panel to draft a permanent constitution[REF] if a court strikes down the parliament-picked assembly, planning a celebration at the end of June to mark the transfer of power to the new president [REF].