{"id":38212,"date":"2019-05-08T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=38212"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T08:58:52","slug":"one-year-later-pakatan-harapan-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/one-year-later-pakatan-harapan-delivered","title":{"rendered":"One Year Later: Has Pakatan Harapan Delivered?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we get closer to a whole year of the New Malaysia, it\u2019s perhaps time to take stock of all that\u2019s been accomplished since Pakatan Harapan (PH)\u2019s historic entrance into government.<\/p>\n

What were we promised? What has been delivered? What is almost certainly never going to happen?<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t really have the manpower and time here at iMoney to comb through all 555 promises made during the 15th General Election. Instead, we will focus on the First Pillar of PH\u2019s manifesto<\/a>: the promise to reduce the people\u2019s burden.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Election promises<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are 10 general promises within the pledge to reduce the people\u2019s burden. Each of which can be further broken down into more specific actions and promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Promise 1<\/th>Abolish GST<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Promise 2<\/td>Reduce the pressures causing burdensome price increases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 3<\/td>Sharing the nation\u2019s wealth in a targeted and equitable way<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 4<\/td>Increase the number of affordable housing for purchase and rental<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 5<\/td>Reduce the burdens faced by young people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 6<\/td>Abolish Tolls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 7<\/td>Provide targeted petrol subsidies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 8<\/td>Improving the quality and coverage of public transport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 9<\/td> Improve access to and quality of health services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Promise 10<\/td>Guarantee people's basic food needs and taking care of the welfare of farmers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

We will be referring to data shared by the Project Pantau, released by the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), the volunteer driven Harapan Tracker, and a report from analyst firm Ipsos to gauge PH\u2019s success in the first year.<\/p>\n

This is perhaps a good time to point out that each Malaysian government has five years to fully implement their plans, and this is only 20% of the entire journey. It may be a bit much to hope that every promise will have been kept by now.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Achievements<\/span><\/h2>\n

Thus far, PH has managed to successfully implement nine pieces of legislation that conform to the first pillar. Another 36 are still being discussed and worked on; although the outcome of these promises is far from certain.<\/p>\n

The nine implemented pieces of legislation are:<\/p>\n