THE Stormont executive has been accused of "burying bad news" by publishing its draft programme for government (PfG) as the assembly goes into recess.
The document was published yesterday and put out for an eight-week consultation.
First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have urged those who want to make a "positive contribution to the future" to submit their views on the policy blueprint.
The draft PfG includes an update on the May's framework document and sets out the executive's aims for the current mandate.
But Alliance's Stephen Farry said publishing the document at the end of the week before the assembly breaks up for a recess period appeared to be an attempt to avoid scrutiny.
"Alliance is in principle supportive of the general approach taken towards the programme for government, however, after an initial review, it appears the document is strong on analysis but it fails to deliver on what the executive set out to do," he said.
"The document is short of actual numerical targets being assigned to the various outcomes, which should have been the logical next step in this process – there is nothing actually proposed against which to assess performance."
Mr Farry said that instead of targets, the blueprint provided only "high-level commitments".
"And where greater specifics are made in terms of action points, these read as the arbitrary and almost random lists that characterised previous PfGs," he said.
"This document does not provide the fresh approach promised, but is drifting back to the practice of old."
