Surely the headline should be
"Opposition party tries to make the current government's project look bad in the run-up to a general election"?
Notes to editors:
1) Which party holds which role is irrelevant;
2) It doesn't matter if the project is, in principle, good or bad;
3) It would make a lot more sense if the parties worked together;
4) Try to only publish "political messages" if they mention what they would do rather what they think the other lot shouldn't have done.