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The question is not why trust has risen; the question is why shouldn't trust rise when this government is a field-oriented one that has delivered, and is now doing what it promised, though we need to be a little patient. I know the public is tired of the word patience.
I liked what my friend Dr. Youssef Mansur said when I hosted him on my economic program on Jordan Television: We are facing a team that set the economic vision, then set its plan itself, and now is implementing it itself.
A government that planned and is now executing, which is the most important thing.
One of the reasons for weak trust in governments and ministers is that some of them used to talk about projects, plans, and programs that vanish into thin air once they leave office.
However, today we heard that this government would tender the National Water Carrier project, and it did; it would tender the railway project, and it did; it would expand public transport, and it did; it would develop the Risha gas fields, and it did, and so on.
This is not a defense of a government, nor an attempt to whitewash reality, but rather a reading of poll results supported by facts on the ground. Trust in the government rose by ten points, from 39% to 49%, trust in the prime minister rose by 11 points, while satisfaction with overall government performance reached 61%.
It is the right of the public to ask: Has their income improved? Have new jobs been provided? Is there price stability?
It is the right of experts and observers to ask: Has the fiscal deficit increased, decreased, or stabilized? Has inflation risen or moderated? Have domestic revenues increased by more or less than the increase in current expenditures? Has the current account deficit of the balance of payments increased or decreased? Has the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves increased or decreased? Have corporate and bank profits risen or fallen? Have stock prices on the exchange fallen or stabilized? Have national exports grown or declined? Has the trade deficit widened or narrowed? Has the unemployment rate risen or stabilized? Has public debt stabilized or worsened? Has investment activity revived or frozen? Has tourism improved or declined?
All these questions are answered by the indicators that reach us successively.
As for the million-dollar question, which is: When will all this reflect on the citizen's life? We must not forget that we have passed through years of economic stagnation, and it is well known that improvement moves much more slowly than decline.
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