It was certainly a fact that the above-mentioned educational standards, improvement of infrastructure, and quality of public servants deteriorated (especially in the latter half of the administration) and it took a long time to straighten out the mess.
確かに前述のような教育水準やインフラ整備、公務員の質などが（特に後期）低下し、その後の尻拭いに長期の時間を要したことは事実である。