Speaking to FMT, Harapan Tracker founder Dennis Kam noted that the PH manifesto contained more than 500 promises and that the government had been fulfilling one promise per month.
“This rate of progress needs to be improved if PH is to have a fighting chance at fulfilling the rest of the promises,” he added.
However, he commended the government for showing a fair measure of commitment to its promise to deliver on 10 promises within 100 days of taking power.
He noted that 25% of the target had been achieved and work on another 58.3% had started.
“We choose to look at the spirit of the promise,” he said, adding that his group saw its role as a provider of “non-partisan information” for members of the public to use in making their judgments.
Harapan Tracker, which operates a Facebook page, was inspired by the US-based TrumpTracker and Canadian-based TrudeauMeter
Kam said the idea of fulfilling key promises within 100 days was obviously conceived as an election gimmick, adding that it would have been considered ambitious to attempt to deliver on the promises even within five years.
“Still, we’re relieved that none of these 100-day promises has been broken and the majority of them are in the process of being fulfilled.”
The government has abolished the goods and services tax, has decided to allow borrowers from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) to delay repayment until they start earning RM4,000 a month, has stopped blacklisting those who default on PTPTN loans, and has stabilised fuel prices.
But Kam noted that PH had yet to fulfil its promise to introduce targeted petrol subsidies.
Harapan Tracker has given the coalition a score of 45% on the delivery of the 100-day promises.
However, Kam said the group felt encouraged by the government’s demonstration of its political will to follow through on the promises and its openness with regard to this.
“We hope the government succeeds with its reform agenda,” he said.
“Things like abolishing tolls, increasing the minimum wage, introducing a national healthcare scheme and an Employees’ Provident Fund scheme for housewives can only be good for the country in the long run.”
He said Harapan Tracker would continue to monitor PH’s performance.