Two years after it entered office, the APNU+AFC government is yet to fulfil key promises on constitutional reform, a revived integrity commission and a code of conduct for senior officials, while even commitments such as lowering VAT have been diluted.
The coalition’s elections manifesto set out an action plan for its first 100 days in office, most of which have been achieved, albeit outside of the government’s timetable and in some cases with provisos that were not advertised during its campaign. Take, for example, its promised reduction of the 16% Value-Added Tax (VAT),