Rafizi said the people were entitled to their feedback on the performance of the Anwar Ibrahim-led government, which has been in Putrajaya for almost two years.

“As a Cabinet member, I don’t look at feedback negatively,” he told reporters after the launch of a reality TV show in Putrajaya.

The Pandan MP said the unity government will remain focused on balancing programmes that deal with the cost of living and economic growth, with structural reforms in the human rights and legal sectors.

“We need to find the most harmonised way to carry out these reforms,” he said.

“Some of the major reforms have been initiated, but it will take a while (for others).”

Bersih yesterday gave the unity government a “D” for its performance in the two years since its formation, which it said reflected its limited progress in carrying out reforms as well as the gap between its rhetoric and action.

The group also ranked Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the best of the five prime ministers since 2009, placing Dr Mahathir Mohamad in second spot followed by Anwar, Muhyiddin Yassin and Najib Razak.

Rafizi recalled the criticism the unity government had received from analysts and media outlets in the first few months after its formation in December 2022.

However, he said the public began to give the government “a bit more benefit of the doubt” after seeing some “early results”.

He cited the debate over separating the roles of the attorney-general and public prosecutor, saying plans for such reforms had been put into place a year ago but that the process must “follow a certain time frame”.

In its report, Bersih said recent reforms had been mainly pushed through by Ismail’s administration via a memorandum of understanding with PH, including the allocation of equal development funds for opposition MPs.