Ammon News - The Hayat Center - RASED has released its assessment of the performance of Prime Minister Jafar Hassan’s government after two years in office. The assessment was based on monitoring Cabinet decisions, tracking projects under the Economic Modernization Vision scheduled for 2026, and two opinion polls involving members of the 20th House of Representatives and Jordanian political parties.

A total of 118 MPs participated in the parliamentary survey, representing around 86% of House members. The results showed that 5% of MPs rated the government’s overall performance over the past two years as very high, 27% as high, 37% as moderate, 25% as low, and 6% as very low.

Compared with the government’s first year, 9% of MPs said its performance improved significantly in the second year, 35% said it improved somewhat, 36% said it remained unchanged, 11% said it declined somewhat, and 9% said it declined significantly.

Regarding the House of Representatives’ ability to influence government decisions and policies over the past two years, 3% of MPs said it had a very high level of influence, 10% a high level, 31% a moderate level, 36% a limited level, and 20% a very limited level or no influence.

On implementation of the targets and priorities of the Economic Modernization Vision, 4% of MPs rated performance as very high, 21% as high, 31% as moderate, 31% as low, and 13% as very low.

Regarding public-sector modernization and improving the efficiency of government services, 3% rated performance very high, 19% high, 46% moderate, 22% low, and 10% very low.

On political modernization, 4% rated performance very high, 15% high, 30% moderate, 26% low, and 25% very low.

Regarding the government’s handling of economic and livelihood challenges facing citizens, including job opportunities and the cost of living, 4% of MPs rated performance very high, 4% high, 29% moderate, 34% low, and 29% very low.

On whether the government’s approach should continue in the next phase, 6% supported maintaining it unchanged, 54% supported continuing it with modifications, 35% opposed continuing it, and 5% expressed no opinion.

Regarding the continuation of the ministerial team, 6% of MPs supported keeping it unchanged, 29% supported limited changes, 31% favored reshuffling the team and bringing political parties into the government, while 34% called for a broad reshuffle.

If the government continues into its third year, 47% of MPs expect relations between the government and Parliament to remain largely unchanged, 19% expect greater cooperation and coordination, and 28% expect relations to become more tense, while 7% expressed no opinion.

The political parties’ survey, which included most Jordanian parties, showed that 8% rated the government’s performance over the past two years as very high, 15% as high, 46% as moderate, and 31% as low.

Compared with the first year, 8% of parties said performance improved significantly in the second year, 31% said it improved somewhat, 31% said it remained unchanged, 19% said it declined somewhat, and 11% said it declined significantly.

Regarding implementation of the Economic Modernization Vision’s targets and priorities, 8% of parties rated performance very high, 8% high, 38% moderate, 35% low, and 11% very low.

On public-sector modernization and improving government services, 8% rated performance high, 46% moderate, 27% low, and 19% very low.

On political modernization, 8% rated performance high, 12% moderate, 38% low, and 42% very low.

Regarding the government’s handling of economic and livelihood challenges, including employment and the cost of living, 4% of parties rated performance very high, 15% moderate, 27% low, and 54% very low.

On continuing the government’s current approach, 27% supported continuing it with modifications, 65% opposed continuing it, and 8% expressed no opinion.

Regarding the ministerial team, 15% of parties supported keeping it with limited changes, 31% called for a broad reshuffle, while 54% favored reshuffling the team and including political parties in the government.

As for relations between the government and Parliament in the third year, 69% of parties expect them to remain largely unchanged, 12% expect greater cooperation and coordination, and 15% expect greater tensions, while 4% expressed no opinion.

RASED’s monitoring and assessment of the government’s implementation of Economic Modernization Vision projects scheduled for 2026 showed that 17 of the 85 projects planned for this year have been completed, representing 20%.

Meanwhile, 56 projects, or 65.9%, are currently under implementation; three projects, or 3.5%, have not yet started; and nine projects, or 10.6%, are delayed.

As part of its assessment of government performance after two years in office, Hayat-RASED Center monitored 1,083 Cabinet decisions adopted during the assessment period.

The center analyzed the decisions along two tracks: the first measured their links to modernization tracks and government priorities, while the second classified them according to the main sectors and subject areas they addressed.

The findings showed that economic modernization accounted for the largest share of monitored decisions at 51%, while 28% were related to sectoral or cross-cutting priorities, 19% to administrative modernization, and 2% to political modernization.

By main subject area, administrative modernization and digital services ranked first at 15%, followed by public finance, taxes and customs at 11%.

Education and scientific research, as well as investment, industry and trade, each accounted for 7% of decisions. Energy and natural resources, transport and logistics, and agriculture and food security each accounted for 6%.

Tourism and antiquities, labor, employment and social security, water and wastewater, infrastructure, housing and services, and foreign relations and international cooperation each accounted for 4%.

The center also recorded 76 decisions related to senior appointments and employment affairs, covering 99 appointments, including 26 secretaries-general and 17 directors-general or executive directors.