PUTRAJAYA: Pakatan Harapan's (PH) manifesto is individualistic and populist in nature as it focused too much on individual interests rather than national interests.
A study by the National Professor Council Poll (MPNPoll) on the '10 promises within 100 days' by PH, showed that 70 per cent of its manifesto have been implemented by the current government, the Barisan Nasional (BN).
MPNPoll is an independent entity under the National Professor Council (MPN) that studies and analyses the democracy process implementation.
Its chairman Profesor Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin said PH's manifesto did not highlight national development as a main agenda, but instead it emphasises on several selected matters with the aim to compete with the current ruling government.
"The question is, how far these '10 promises within 100 days' can be achieved? MPNPoll is concerned about this because every transformation have to go through a complex process which needs to take into account legal, act and other issues, including debate in the Parliament.
"It is not easy to change a policy within a short period of time. I don't think this can be implemented within 100 days and in fact, I don't think it can be done within 1,000 days either.
"A policy which is good for certain individuals or sectors is not neccesarily good for the country," he told reporters at a press conference, here.
Present was MPNPoll vice chairman-cum-MPN chief executive officer Prof Datuk Dr Raduan Che Ros.
On Thursday, PH launched its 200-paged book manifesto at the Ideal Convention Centre in Shah Alam. It will be centred on the five pillars and 60 promises to be fulfilled in five years under the PH-led government, should they win in the upcoming 14th General Elections.
One of its main promises is to abolish goods and services tax (GST).