Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin 1987 zuwa 1989, yayin da yaƙi a arewa ya zama mafi tsanani, an sami canji mai mahimmanci a akida da burin jam'iyyar Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) a Sri Lanka. Ya canza daga kungiyar Marxist zuwa kungiyar 'yan kasa ta Sinhalese da ke adawa da duk wani sulhu da' yan tawayen Tamil. Saboda rawar da ake zargi a cikin
rikicin anti-Tamil na Yuli 1983, kodayake gwamnati ba ta ba da wata hujja don tallafawa wannan zargin ba, an dakatar da shi kuma jagorancinsa ya shiga cikin ƙasa.