He is responding to concerns by international human rights groups that the process could get delayed due to the imminent dissolution of parliament and parliamentary polls.

A senior official at the presidential secretariat told Sri Lanka Mirror that the president again gave an assurance on this count when he met several foreign delegates who visited the country.

The UNHRC has agreed to delay presenting its report on Sri Lanka on the strength of his original undertaking.

The justice minister has already said that the aim of the investigation would be mainly the promotion of reconciliation, and not meting out punishment.