RASED Announces the Results of Its Assessment of Jafar Hassan's Government Two Years After Its Formation

MPs' assessment of government performance after two years: 32% high, 37% average, and 31% low.
1,083 decisions were approved by the Council of Ministers over two years, 51% of them linked to economic modernization.
20% of the Economic Modernization Vision projects scheduled for 2026 have been completed, and 66% are under way.
44% of MPs see an improvement in government performance in the second year compared with the first, 36% see no change, and 20% see a decline.
56% of MPs consider the Parliament' influence on government decisions to be limited, 31% moderate, and 13% significant.
76 appointment decisions covering 99 individuals in senior positions over two years.
MPs' positions on the ministerial team: 34% support a broad cabinet reshuffle, 31% support a reshuffle that brings political parties into the government, 29% support a limited reshuffle, and 6% support keeping the current line-up.
Political parties' assessment of government performance after two years: 23% high, 46% average, and 31% low.
39% of parties see an improvement in government performance in the second year compared with the first, 31% see no change, and 30% see a decline.
Parties' positions on the ministerial team: 54% support a reshuffle that brings political parties into the government, 31% support a broad cabinet reshuffle, and 15% support a limited reshuffle.

Amman – Al-Hayat Center – RASED announced the results of its assessment of the performance of Dr. Jafar Hassan's government two years after its formation. The assessment drew on monitoring the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers, tracking the Economic Modernization Vision projects for 2026, and two surveys of members of the 20th Parliament and Jordanian political parties.
A total of 118 MPs took part in the parliamentary survey, representing approximately 86% of the Parliament. The results showed that 5% of MPs rated the government's overall performance over the two years as very high, 27% as high, 37% as average, 25% as low, and 6% as very low. Compared with the government's first year, 9% of MPs said performance in the second year had clearly improved and 35% that it had improved somewhat, while 36% said it had not changed, 11% that it had declined somewhat, and 9% that it had clearly declined.
On the Parliament's ability to influence government decisions and policies over the past two years, 3% of MPs said it had been able to exert a very significant influence and 10% a significant influence, and 31% a moderate influence, while 36% said its influence had been limited and 20% very limited or non-existent.
On implementing the targets and priorities of the Economic Modernization Vision, 4% of MPs rated performance as very high, 21% as high, 31% as average, 31% as low, and 13% as very low. On public sector modernization and improving the efficiency of government services, 3% rated it very high, 19% high, 46% average, 22% low, and 10% very low. On political modernization, 4% rated it very high, 15% high, 30% average, 26% low, and 25% very low.
On addressing the economic and living challenges facing citizens, including employment opportunities and the cost of living, 4% of MPs rated performance as very high, 4% as high, 29% as average, 34% as low, and 29% as very low. Regarding the continuation of the government's approach in the next phase, 6% supported continuing it as it is and 54% supported continuing it with amendments, while 35% said they did not support its continuation and 5% expressed no opinion.
As for the ministerial team, 6% of MPs supported keeping it as it is without changes, 29% supported keeping it with a limited reshuffle, 31% favored a reshuffle that brings political parties into the cabinet, and 34% believed a broad reshuffle should be carried out. Should the government continue into its third year, 47% of MPs expected its relationship with the Parliament to remain roughly the same, 19% expected it to become more cooperative and coordinated, and 28% expected it to become more strained, while 7% gave no expectation.
The survey of political parties, in which most parties took part, showed that 8% of parties rated the government's performance over the two years as very high, 15% as high, 46% as average, and 31% as low. Compared with the first year, 8% said performance in the second year had clearly improved, 31% that it had improved somewhat, 31% that it had not changed, 19% that it had declined somewhat, and 11% that it had clearly declined.
On implementing the targets and priorities of the Economic Modernization Vision, 8% of parties rated performance as very high, 8% as high, 38% as average, 35% as low, and 11% as very low. On public sector modernization and improving the efficiency of government services, 8% rated performance as high, 46% as average, 27% as low, and 19% as very low. On political modernization, 8% rated it high, 12% average, 38% low, and 42% very low.
On addressing the economic and living challenges facing citizens, including employment opportunities and the cost of living, 4% of parties rated performance as very high, 15% as average, 27% as low, and 54% as very low. Regarding the continuation of the government's approach in the next phase, 27% supported continuing it with amendments, while 65% said they did not support its continuation and 8% expressed no opinion.
As for the ministerial team, 15% of parties supported keeping it with a limited reshuffle, 31% believed a broad reshuffle was necessary, and 54% favored a reshuffle that brings political parties into the cabinet. Looking ahead to the relationship between the government and the Parliament in the third year, 69% of parties said it would remain roughly the same, 12% that it would become more cooperative and coordinated, and 15% that it would become more strained, while 4% gave no expectation.
The results of monitoring and assessing the government's implementation of the Economic Modernization Vision projects scheduled for 2026 showed that 17 of the 85 projects planned for this year have been completed (20%), while 56 projects are under way (65.9%), 3 projects have not yet started (3.5%), and 9 projects are delayed (10.6%).
As part of its follow-up on the government's performance two years after its formation, Al-Hayat Center – RASED monitored 1,083 government decisions approved by the Council of Ministers during the monitoring period. It analyzed them along two classification tracks: the first measures how the decisions relate to the modernization tracks and government priorities, and the second classifies them by the thematic areas and sectors they address, offering insight into the orientation and distribution of government decisions over the two years.
By analytical track, economic modernization accounted for the largest share of monitored decisions at 51%, while 28% fell under sectoral or cross-cutting priorities, 19% were linked to administrative modernization, and 2% to political modernization.
By main thematic area, administrative modernization and digital services ranked first at 15%, followed by public finance, taxation and customs at 11%, then education and scientific research, and investment, industry and trade, at 7% each. Energy and natural resources, and transport and logistics, accounted for 6% each, as did agriculture and food security at 6%, while tourism and antiquities; labor, employment and social security; water and sanitation; infrastructure, housing and services; and foreign relations and international cooperation each accounted for 4%.
The number of decisions related to appointments and senior personnel affairs reached 76, comprising 99 appointments, including 26 secretaries-general and 17 directors-general or executive directors.