President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa emphasizes that ensuring national security is his and the Government’s first and foremost responsibility and appropriate steps have already been taken to achieve this, reports Colombo Page on October 4. The President stated “Ensuring national security is the first and foremost responsibility of my government. Appropriate steps have already been taken to achieve this. We will ensure that no ethnic, religious or other forms of terrorism or extremism are allowed on this land and that the right of every citizen to live without fear and suspicion is fully protected.”