... who is quite scared that this type of request might be made during an electoral campaign, I can confirm that.
What you said is quite correct. It is all the more correct in that, if you read the text, you will have seen that it is rather tortuous and extremely convoluted. Any political party or representative of a party may make demands up to the last day before the vote. All of this would begin 120 days before the date of the election. Afterwards, when the report is provided confidentially to the different political parties, they may make it public, but they will have to let the PBO know in writing that they have made it public. I may know that they have released it, through Facebook, Twitter or elsewhere, but if they do not let me know in writing, I will not be able to release the results. As you can see, there may be room for a certain amount of gameplay in that regard.
You are quite correct. There is a risk that the PBO may be put in a position where he almost becomes a political agent.