KUALA TERENGGANU: PAS is not going to rush to implement its 20-point election manifesto in Terengganu, choosing instead to pace itself to properly implement them in the five-year time period given.
However, even though there is no fixed deadline given, it does not mean the party is any less committed to fulfilling the pledges.
“Instead of a 100-day deadline to deliver on a few promises, we chose to set up a committee to monitor the delivery of all our promises,” said Batu Buruk assemblyman Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi.
The committee, headed by Ladang assemblyman Datuk Tengku Hassan Tengku Omar, would keep track of each promise made in its GE14 manifesto.
One month after PAS retook Terengganu following its win in GE14, Muhammad Khalil, who is also PAS youth chief, said the state government had delivered on a few of its promises.
These include free water for the poor and a mass wedding ceremony for those who cannot afford such expenses scheduled for this month and in November.
Muhammad Khalil admitted that although some of the items in the manifesto could be implemented immediately, others would take time.
“We will work on the others in due course as they may require us to go through certain processes but I believe we can deliver before the next general election,” he said.
He added that PAS studied the feasibility of implementing its pledges within the five-year time frame carefully, which had helped it list down realistic promises.
Among the items in the manifesto are setting up a holistic drug rehabilitation centre, creating 20,000 job opportunities in four years and allocating RM50,000 a year for the People’s Housing Loan Fund.
“We are optimistic about delivering all these in five years. There is no need to rush,” Muhammad Khalil said. – -thestar
