Suaram report card on Govt: Must do better!

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has only managed to achieve about 20% of the promises made in their manifesto, says Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) in its "100 Days Report Card for the

Pakatan Harapan Administration and Buku Harapan Promises" document.

Suaram director Kua Kia Soong said that the new Government was "flip-flopping" on certain issues.

"In the first 100 days of the new Pakatan Government, we find that their report card scored around 20%, based on their own promises.

"We have also witnessed a disturbing trend of autocratic decision-making and policies, symptomatic of the old Mahathir 1.0 era (in reference to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's first tenure as prime minister)," said Kua at the unveiling of the report on Wednesday (Aug 15).

Citing Dr Mahathir's plan of having a second national car, he said that Cabinet members and MPs from Pakatan were not raising sufficient questions on the sustainability of the idea.

He said that the 14th General Election was a victory for the people and Malaysians showed that they wanted change.

"Pakatan said they didn't expect to win, but it shouldn't be used as an excuse to renege on their election promises," he added.

Bersih 2.0 acting chairperson Shahrul Aman Mohd Saari said that the Government's performance was "below par".

He also said that the backbenchers and Opposition MPs could play a more significant role to have more check and balance in the administration.