Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - V. N. Navaratnam me ētahi atu MPs TULF katoa boycotted Paremata i waenganui o 1983 no te maha o ngā take: i raro ratou i te pēhanga i te Sri Lankan Tamil militants e kore e noho i roto i te Paremata i tua atu i to ratou wā e ono tau noa; te Whakatikatika Ono ki te Ture o Sri Lanka hiahiatia ratou ki te oati i te oati unconditionally renouncing tautoko mo te kāwanatanga motuhake; me te Hōngongoi Black
i patua ai te 3,000 o ngā Tamils e ngā tini o ngā Sinhalese. I muri i nga marama e toru o te korenga, ka ngaro a Navaratnam i tana nohoanga i te Paremata i te 22 o Oketopa 1983.