<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mathew akasarudzwa muImba yeVamiriri veCeylon musarudzo dzeMarch 1960 kubva kuKolonna kubva kuUnited National Party uye akasarudzwazve musarudzo dzeGeneral dzaJuly 1960. Akakwikwidza musarudzo dza1965 kubva kuBandarawela uye akakundwa naR. M. Appuhamy. Akasarudzwa musarudzo dzeparamende yechi8, yakaitwa musi wa21 Chikunguru 1977, achimiririra vavhoti veKelaniya veUnited National Party. Iye aizivikanwa nokuda kwenzvimbo yake yakasimba mukurwisana nezvishuvo zvematongerwe enyika zvevaTamil. Akagadzwa saGurukota reIndasitiri neZveSayenzi muna Chikunguru 1977. Anorangarirwa zvikuru somumwe wemakurukota anokosha ane mutoro wokumutsa  <response>: pogrom raJuly ra1983 rairwisana nevaTamil, iro rakazopedzisira raita kuti pave nehondo yevagari vomunyika yacho yemakore 26. Mathew akadzingwa muboka remakurukota uye mubato reUnited National Party rinotonga naMutungamiri J. R. Jayewardene muna 1984 mushure mekushoropodza pachena musangano wakadaidzwa naJayewardene kugadzirisa zvichemo zvevaTamil vashoma. Mutsivi waJayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa, akazodzosera nhengo yebato raMathew. Akafa nechirwere chemwoyo musi wa17 October 1989. 