Jurisdiction: Fiji

1. Find the issues in the given legislation on the ammended electoral act and provide reccomendations and its weakness.

"Guidelines on opinion polls, surveys and research 110A.-(1) Pursuant to section 3(1)(h), the Electoral Commission must adopt and publish guidelines on opinion polls, surveys or research related to elections as it deems fit for the orderly conduct of free and fair elections. Electoral (Amendment)-49 of 2022 229 (2) Any person who publishes an opinion poll, survey or research on elections must comply with the guidelines adopted by the Electoral Commission under subsection (1). (3) If the Supervisor has reason to believe that there is inconsistency between the adopted guidelines under subsection (1) and any publication under subsection (2), the Supervisor must, by notice in writing, direct the person to furnish information or documents on the methodology used to generate the statistics for the opinion poll, survey or research, to the Supervisor. (4) The Supervisor must also direct the person to remove or correct any(4) The Supervisor must also direct the person to remove or correct any information published under subsection (2) and the person must immediately remove or correct the information. (5) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Supervisor under this section may appeal the decision of the Supervisor to the Electoral Commission within 14 days from the date of the decision of the Supervisor. (6) The Electoral Commission must make a decision on the appeal in accordance with the rules adopted by the Electoral Commission. (7) The decision of the Electoral Commission on an appeal is final and is not subject to any further appeal to or review by any court, tribunal or other adjudicationg body. (8) Any person who fails to comply with a directive under subsection (3) or (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both.". Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this Ist day of September 2022