| PROPOSAL |
RATIONALE |
PROPONENT (Organization) |
| Include “proactive” in the Declaration of Policy |
To stress that data disclosure should be proactive, not merely reactive. |
AJ Montesa (People’s Budget Coalition) |
| Add National Budget Circulars under “Budget Execution and Fund Release Documents” |
To give a complete picture of post-enactment fund releases. |
Atty. Nihal Pacalna (Department of Budget Management) |
| Add catch-all provision for “other public finance documents” |
To ensure new or unlisted budget records can be covered later. |
AJ Montesa (People’s Budget Coalition) |
| Include UACS and PREXI codes (as identifiers in datasets) |
To link and trace all transactions from allocation to spending. |
AJ Montesa (People’s Budget Coalition) |
| Add “legend” for UACS codes |
To help citizens interpret codes and improve usability. |
AJ Montesa (People’s Budget Coalition) |
| Require interoperability standards (UACS–PSGC integration) |
To standardize data across agencies and systems for seamless transparency. |
Department of Budget and Management, Philippine Blockchain Council, and Department of Information and Communication Technology (Through a joint discussion) |
| Include “ayuda,” scholarships, and social aid lists |
To make government assistance distribution transparent. |
Marilou Ibañez (INCITEGov) |
| Integrate Cadena with E-Governance systems (Egov App, GovCloud) |
To avoid duplication and promote unified data infrastructure. |
Usec. David Almirol (Department of Information and Communication Technology) |
| Add “linkage identifiers” to connect datasets |
To enable full transaction traceability. |
Ann Cuisia (Qadena Foundation) |
| Mandate open-source code and document formats |
To strengthen transparency and auditability. |
Paul Soliman (BayaniChain) |
| Include “ease of navigation” requirement |
To make government portals user-friendly and accessible. |
Edmundo Casiño (Philippine Computer Society) |
| Add engineering design documents |
For transparency in infrastructure spending. |
Adrian Valdez (Center of Blockchain Research and Applications) |
| Track disaster-related donations and foreign aid |
To close the gap in visibility for relief goods and external aid. |
Gail Cruz-Macapagal (Blockchain Council of the Philippines) |
| Track third-party and multilateral funding (grants, loans) |
To capture all fund sources flowing into projects. |
Armand Cajayon (SGV) |
| Add “data quality” clause—no blank or incomplete fields |
To ensure completeness and accuracy of datasets. |
Atty. Daniel John Fordan (Philippine Association of Fintech Lawyers) |
| Explicit decentralization and immutability clauses |
To prevent data manipulation and ensure trust in the system. |
Gil Orense (Integreya Technologies) |
| Consensus mechanism clause |
To establish how transactions or records are validated. |
Armand Cajayon (SGV) |
| Digital shadowing requirement |
To verify that digital data matches physical or cash-based assets. |
Armand Cajayon (SGV) |
| Data embassy framework |
To allow cross-border data storage under Philippine control. |
Atty. Mark Gorriceta (Blockchain Council of the Philippines) |
| Explicit decentralization and immutability |
To replace “tamper-evident” with “tamper-proof” or “append-only, cryptographically verifiable” ledger and add immutability as a required system property. |
Atty. Mark Gorriceta (Blockchain Council of the Philippines) |
| Interoperability, API, and AI integration |
To broaden Cadena, the platform to be launched once CADENA Act is signed into law, beyond blockchain and enable analytics. |
Ann Cuisia (Qadena Foundation) |
| Evidentiary value clause |
To make Cadena data admissible in court as prima facie evidence. |
Atty. Gleim Eran (Philippine Association of Fintech Lawyers) |
| Capacity planning clause |
To ensure adequate infrastructure before nationwide rollout. |
Edmundo Casiño (Philippine Computer Society) |
| Add a provision requiring processes to follow a protocol rather than a standard |
To minimize human intervention by defining automated, code-based procedures. |
Paul Soliman (BayaniChain) |
