Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready Impunity rules the day when those assigned with responsibilities are allowed to abandon them without consequences. This happens frequently in dictatorships, where economic opportunities favour those within the inner circles; bribery and corruption are prevalent, and widespread injustices are commonplace. The rule of law is compromised as those charged to protect become part and parcel of the problem. Police and security agencies serve the regime rather than the people. Egypt under the regime of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has become a model dictatorship. Dictatorial culture permeates the whole of society. The administration of the Suez Canal is not exempt from such influence. We should not have been too surprised, therefore, when … Continue reading Blame the dictatorship in Egypt for the Suez Canal fiasco