<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - USellathambu nawo wonke amanye amaLungu ePhalamende e-TULF babhikisha iPhalamende kusukela maphakathi no-1983 ngezizathu eziningi: babephansi kwengcindezi evela kwabalweli bamaTamil baseSri Lanka ukuthi bangahlali ePhalamende ngaphezu kwesikhathi sabo esivamile seminyaka eyisithupha; Isichibiyelo Sesithupha soMthethosisekelo waseSri Lanka safuna ukuba bafunge isifungo sokulahla ngaphandle kwemibandela ukusekela umbuso ohlukile; kanye noJulayi Omnyama  <response>: kwabulawa amaTamil afinyelela ku-3 000 ngamaqembu amaSingalese. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu engekho, uSellathambu walahlekelwa isihlalo sakhe ePhalamende mhlaka 21 Okthoba 1983. USellathambu washona ngo-March 1984 eneminyaka engu-66. 