The Hayat Center - Rasid announced the results of its assessment of the government of Prime Minister Dr. Jafar Hasaan on the second anniversary of its formation. The assessment drew on monitoring of Cabinet decisions, tracking of projects under the Economic Modernisation Vision 2026, and two separate surveys of members of the twentieth Parliament and of Jordanian political parties.
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A total of 118 MPs - men and women - participated in the parliamentary survey, representing approximately 86 percent of the chamber's membership. The results showed that 5 percent of MPs rated overall government performance across the two years as very high, 27 percent as high, 37 percent as medium, 25 percent as low, and 6 percent as very low. Combining the two positive categories, 32 percent rated performance as high overall; combining the two negative categories, 31 percent rated it as low.
Comparing the second year with the first, 9 percent of MPs said government performance had clearly improved, 35 percent said it had improved somewhat, 36 percent said it had not changed, 11 percent said it had declined somewhat, and 9 percent said it had clearly declined. In aggregate, 44 percent saw some degree of improvement, while 20 percent saw some degree of decline.
When asked about Parliament's ability to influence government decisions and policies over the two-year period, 3 percent of MPs said the chamber had managed to exert a very large degree of influence, 10 percent a large degree, and 31 percent a moderate degree. By contrast, 36 percent said Parliament's influence had been limited, and 20 percent said it had been very limited or negligible. Combined, 56 percent considered the chamber's influence to have been limited.
On implementation of the Economic Modernisation Vision's targets and priorities, 4 percent of MPs rated performance as very high, 21 percent as high, 31 percent as medium, 31 percent as low, and 13 percent as very low. On public-sector modernisation and improvements in the efficiency of government services, 3 percent rated performance as very high, 19 percent as high, 46 percent as medium, 22 percent as low, and 10 percent as very low. On political modernisation, 4 percent rated performance as very high, 15 percent as high, 30 percent as medium, 26 percent as low, and 25 percent as very low.
On managing the economic and living challenges facing citizens - including employment opportunities and the cost of living - 4 percent of MPs rated performance as very high, 4 percent as high, 29 percent as medium, 34 percent as low, and 29 percent as very low.
On whether the government's overall approach should continue into the next phase, 6 percent of MPs supported its continuation without change, 54 percent supported continuation with modifications, 35 percent said they did not support its continuation, and 5 percent expressed no view. On the cabinet team specifically, 6 percent supported it continuing unchanged, 29 percent supported continuation with limited changes, 31 percent favoured a reshuffle that would bring political parties into the government, and 34 percent called for a broad reshuffle.
If the government continues into a third year, 47 percent of MPs expected their relationship with the government to remain roughly the same, 19 percent expected it to become more cooperative and coordinated, 28 percent expected it to become more strained, and 7 percent offered no prediction.
The political parties survey, in which most parties participated, showed that 8 percent rated government performance over the two years as very high, 15 percent as high, 46 percent as medium, and 31 percent as low. Comparing the second year with the first, 8 percent of parties said performance had clearly improved, 31 percent said it had improved somewhat, 31 percent said it had not changed, 19 percent said it had declined somewhat, and 11 percent said it had clearly declined.
On the Economic Modernisation Vision's targets and priorities, 8 percent of parties rated implementation as very high, 8 percent as high, 38 percent as medium, 35 percent as low, and 11 percent as very low. On public-sector modernisation and service efficiency, 8 percent rated performance as high, 46 percent as medium, 27 percent as low, and 19 percent as very low. On political modernisation, 8 percent rated it as high, 12 percent as medium, 38 percent as low, and 42 percent as very low.
On managing economic and living challenges, 4 percent of parties rated government performance as very high, 15 percent as medium, 27 percent as low, and 54 percent as very low. On the future direction of government policy, 27 percent of parties supported continuation with modifications, 65 percent said they did not support its continuation, and 8 percent expressed no view.
On the cabinet team, 15 percent of parties supported continuation with limited changes, 31 percent called for a broad reshuffle, and 54 percent favoured a reshuffle that would bring political parties into the government. On the expected relationship between the government and Parliament in the third year, 69 percent of parties said it would remain roughly the same, 12 percent said it would become more cooperative and coordinated, 15 percent said it would become more strained, and 4 percent offered no prediction.
Rasid's monitoring of Economic Modernisation Vision 2026 projects found that 17 of the 85 projects scheduled for completion by 2026 had been finished - a rate of 20 percent. A further 56 projects were under way, representing 65.9 percent of the total. Three projects had not yet begun, accounting for 3.5 percent, while 9 projects were behind schedule, accounting for 10.6 percent.
Over the two-year monitoring period, Rasid recorded 1,083 decisions approved by the Cabinet and analysed them according to two classification frameworks: the first measured how closely decisions were linked to the modernisation tracks and government priorities; the second categorised them by subject area and sector.
By the first framework, economic modernisation accounted for the largest share of decisions at 51 percent, while 28 percent fell under sectoral priorities or cross-cutting tracks. Decisions linked to administrative modernisation made up 19 percent of the total, and those linked to political modernisation accounted for 2 percent.
By subject area, modernisation of administration and digital services ranked first at 15 percent, followed by public finance, taxation and customs at 11 percent. Education and scientific research, and investment, industry and trade each accounted for 7 percent. Energy and natural resources, and transport and logistics each accounted for 6 percent, as did agriculture and food security. Tourism and antiquities, labour, employment and social security, water and sanitation, infrastructure, housing and services, and foreign relations and international cooperation each accounted for 4 percent.
Among the 1,083 Cabinet decisions, 76 related to leadership appointments and senior civil-service matters, covering 99 appointments in total. These included 26 secretary-general posts and 17 director-general or executive positions.
This article was originally written in Arabic for Al Ghad. It was translated into English with AI assistance and edited by Jordan News.
