Election manifesto must have legal force to protect voters

ONE important thing that voters must remember is that an election manifesto is nothing more than a list of sweet promises. An election manifesto is not enforceable in the eyes of law. If the candidate and the political party were to win an election and then refuse to fulfil their promises in the manifesto, there is nothing voters can do about it. In 2013, the Court of Appeal held that an election manifesto is not legally enforceable. Following this landmark ruling, the appellate court struck out a civil suit brought by a group of single mothers who were seeking RM10.9 million in allowances over the Selangor government’s alleged failure to fulfill its manifesto presented for the 2008 general election. 

source https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/482674