The Tiran and Sanafir case has proven once again that the government lacks political vision, which has led to Egypt enduring one crisis after the next, Amr El Shobaky writes for Al Masry Al Youm. The government’s missteps in the Tiran and Sanafir debacle began with the secretive negotiations on the border demarcation agreement, which showed that the government does not pay heed to the importance of transparency, followed by the timing of the announcement, and finally in the rhetoric fed to the public through the media, El Shobaky says.

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