<prompt> Tlatša polelwana e latelago: Mathew o kgethilwe go ba setho sa Ngwako wa Baemedi wa Ceylon dikgethong tša kakaretšo tša March 1960 go tšwa Kolonna go tšwa go United National Party gomme a kgethelwa gape dikgethong tša kakaretšo tša July 1960. O ile a phenkgišana ka dikgetho tša kakaretšo tša 1965 go tšwa Bandarawela gomme a fenywa ke R. M. Appuhamy. O kgethilwe ka dikgetho tša palamente ya bo 8, yeo e swerwego ka la 21 Julae 1977, a emetše badudi ba Kelaniya bakeng sa United National Party. O be a tsebja ka boemo bja gagwe bjo bo tiilego malebana le maikemišetšo a tša dipolitiki a ma-Tamil. O ile a kgethwa go ba Tona ya tša Intaseteri le tša tša Thutamahlale ka July 1977. O lebelelwa ke batho ba bantši e le yo mongwe wa badiredi ba bohlokwa bao ba ikarabelago ka go hlohleletša ntwa.  <response>: Polao e sehlogo ya go lwantšha ma-Tamil ka July 1983, yeo ka morago e ilego ya feleletša ka go phulega ga ntwa ya selegae ya nywaga e 26. Mathew o ile a rakwa kabineteng le go United National Party yeo e bušago ke Mopresidente J. R. Jayewardene ka 1984 ka morago ga go sola phatlalatša kopano yeo e bego e bitšwa ke Jayewardene go lokiša dipelaelo tša ma-Tamil a mmalwa. Mohlatlami wa Jayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa, ka morago o ile a bušetša Mathew go ba setho sa mokgatlo. O ile a bolawa ke bolwetši bja pelo ka October 17, 1989. 