'We are in the process of coming up with suggestions for amendments to RA 8436 and we are opening this to technology experts to give their two cents worth in the design of a technology that could be used for the elections,' said Maria Corazon Akol, president of the Philippine National IT Standards Foundation (PHILNITS) and member of the ITFP.

Akol was one of the petitioners that sought the nullification of the modernization contract entered into by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) with systems integrator Mega Pacific eSolutions Inc..