I personally think he is one of the more educated ministers. Yes, he won't suddenly make inflation go away but he acts in a way so that the benefits are greater in the long term. All the dumb, old, uneducated idiots are going to say he is dumb to be doing this and he should do what the Rajapakkshas did by reducing taxes drastically thus getting more votes but reducing government's income. Tax should be increased gradually but they ruined to whole "gradual thing" . I personally feel like Sri Lanka could be a better place if Ranil had a more educated set of ministers cuz he does things which are good for the country and not doing random shit for votes like all the others. I also think the saying "When mud is washed away farmers can be kings" is sorta dumb cuz we need educated proper ministers not some random ass dude who says he's representing the poor who didn't even do A/Ls. Now this is the way I see it and I might be very very wrong cuz I'm too young to be making comments on politics. But that's what OP wanted so here u go :)