 Local media, NGOs and the US state department have claimed that the investigations are not satisfactory.During the 1987 to 1989 period, as the Tamil conflict to the north became more intense, there was a marked shift in the ideology and goals of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party in Sri Lanka.It morphed from a Marxist organization into a Sinhalese nationalist organization opposing any compromise with the Tamil insurgency.