Stop Shooting The Messenger High Commissioner for South Africa
Thursday, January 02, 2014
Following the recent expression of interest to assist in a reconciliation process in Sri Lanka by South Africa, New Delhi based SA High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Geoff Doidge told The Sunday Leader that while Sri Lanka already had a good base with which to take the country forward in the LLRC where ‘excellent work was done’, there also was the need for another process. “I don’t have a magic answer for Sri Lanka what that process should be but there needs to be one that precedes the TRC,” he added.
Q: The idea of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a first step towards reconciliation has been mooted in the Sri Lankan context. What in your opinion is the relevance of such a mechanism here?