<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Uhulumeni kaJ. R. Jayawardene wafika emandleni ngo-1977, wanqoba uhulumeni we-United Front owawungathandwa kakhulu. UJayawardene wethula umthethosisekelo omusha, kanye nomnotho wemakethe ekhululekile kanye nobuongameli obunamandla bokuphatha obufana nobukaFrance. Lokhu kwenza iSri Lanka yaba izwe lokuqala laseNingizimu Asia ukukhulula umnotho walo. Kusukela ngo-1983, ukungezwani ngokobuhlanga kwabonakala ngokuvukela uhulumeni kwama - LTTE. Ukuhlaselwa kwama-LTTE kwamasosha angu-13 kwaholela ekuvukeleni kohlanga lwamaTamil  <response>: ngoJulayi 1983, okusolwa ukuthi isekelwa ongqongqoshe abanenkani baseSinhalese, okwaphumela ekubeni izakhamuzi zaseTamil ezingaphezu kuka-150 000 zibaleke kulesi siqhingi, ziyofuna isiphephelo kwamanye amazwe. 