The Hon. (Dr.) Harsha de Silva

¶ 01 Thank you, Sir.

¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Minister, I appreciate your answer. The point is, if you are doing it together and if you are already evaluating the purchase of PVC cards, then why are you again floating another tender to purchase more plastic carbon cards? Also, if the law says that the card is valid for ten years, we can change the law because technology is changing so fast. We must update the law to change with the times we are living in. For example, you need to create a Single Window system in the Sri Lanka Customs, but the Customs Ordinance is 207 years old! So, unless you change the Customs Ordinance, you cannot create a Single Window in the Sri Lanka Customs. So, none of the digital infrastructure you are building, none of the authentication, verification or SL Stack, nothing is going to work unless we change the law.

¶ 03 Sir, I am with him. If it is done under one Ministry, that is better, but let us think outside the box. Let us not get restricted because the law says ten years. When that law was written, technology was not this advanced. Technology is so advanced today that the laws need to facilitate technology.

¶ 04 Thank you very much.