Spearheaded the administration's healthcare reform initiative, which ultimately failed.

It could begin, only to be abandoned or reversed like previous reform initiatives.

In contrast to his earlier reform initiative, the 1965 economic reform, this reform tried unsuccessfully to centralise the economy by enhancing the powers of the ministries.

He has been active in a number of court technology and jury reform initiatives.

All of these trips were widely reported in the local press as being campaign stops in opposition to the reform initiatives.