British Deputy Prime Minister Nicholas Clegg said Sri Lanka should emulate South Africa’s truth and reconciliation process as, “there can be no better way for Sri Lanka to heal its wounds and bring peace and unity to its entire people other than by following Mandela’s example.”
 
Speaking in the British Parliament Mr. Clegg said, “…in communities where people are still struggling to replace violence and conflict with peace and stability, the principles of forgiveness and reconciliation that Mandela embodied are followed by others too. Recently, for example, the House debated the alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. Surely there can be no better way for that country to heal its wounds and bring peace and unity to its entire people other than by following Mandela’s example and emulating South Africa’s truth and reconciliation process.”