Shunning Parliament where he was listed to speak on the Geneva report last Friday, where his ‘no show’ had wrapped him in a silence that far outweighed all the gold in King Solomon’s fabled mines, Mahinda Rajapaksa found comfort in seeking refuge at his political office in Narahenpita’s Abayaramaya Temple on Sunday, to give voice to his considered opinion on the Human Rights Council’s report on Lanka’s alleged war crimes.