Regulator Operates Competing ICT Company

The provision establishes a government-controlled e-government infrastructure company tasked with reducing "dependence on external contractors" while the Authority simultaneously regulates and licenses all ICT businesses under 34. This creates a fundamental conflict of interest: the Authority both operates an ICT company AND licenses its private sector competitors, with power to impose criminal penalties (6 months to 2 years imprisonment) on unlicensed operators. The Authority also conducts "technical audits and performance reviews" of its own company, eliminating independent oversight. This structure creates perverse incentives against approving competing licenses, systematically advantages the government company through regulatory power, and establishes barriers to entry that will stifle private sector digital innovation.