<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMathew wakhethwa ukuba yilungu leNdlu Yabamele yaseCeylon okhethweni jikelele lwangoMashi 1960 kusuka eKolonna evela e-United National Party futhi wakhethwa kabusha okhethweni jikelele lwangoJulayi 1960. Walwela ukhetho jikelele lwango-1965 eBandarawela futhi wanqotshwa nguR. M. Appuhamy. Wakhethwa okhethweni lwesishiyagalombili lwephalamende, olwenzeka ngomhlaka 21 Julayi 1977, emele abavoti baseKelaniya beqembu le-United National Party. Wayaziwa ngesimo sakhe esiqinile sokumelana nezifiso zezombangazwe zamaTamil. Waqokwa njengoNgqongqoshe Wezimboni Nezindaba Zesayensi ngoJulayi 1977. Ubhekwa kabanzi njengomunye woNgqongqoshe abakhulu ababhekene nokuqaliswa kwe-anti-Tamil pogrom kaJulayi 1983  <response>: , okwaholela ekuqhamukeni kwempi yombango eyathatha iminyaka engu-26. UMatthew waxoshwa kuKhabhinethi kanye neqembu elibusayo i-United National Party nguMongameli uJ. R. Jayewardene ngo-1984 ngemuva kokugxeka obala ingqungquthela ebizwe nguJayewardene ukulungisa izikhalazo zabambalwa abangamaTamil. Umlandeli kaJayewardene, uRanasinghe Premadasa, kamuva wabuyisela ubulungu beqembu likaMathew. Washona ngenxa yokuhlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo ngo-October 17, 1989. 