sentences:  Plans were made to modernise politics by establishing an electoral system with districts or a chosen Prime Minister, but these plans were not implemented.Meanwhile, a pay pause due to the decision of employers and employees to raise wages was partly revoked after anti-government demonstrations and strikes.The Minister of Economic Affairs Leo de Block resigned, officially as a protest against the wage rise in the metal industry, but another reason was his slow reaction to the inflation and rising prices after the introduction of Value added tax.