Gérald Darmanin proposed Tuesday to quickly entrust the State with the enveloping and distribution of electoral propaganda, so that this applies for the presidential election of 2022. At the National Assembly, the Minister of the Interior admitted that there had been malfunctions in the distribution of propaganda for the departmental and regional elections, and apologized to the French concerned.
Gérald Darmanin proposed Tuesday to quickly entrust the State with the enveloping and distribution of electoral propaganda, so that this applies for the presidential election of 2022 and avoid new dysfunctions. Assailed with questions on this subject to the National Assembly, the Minister of the Interior explained that he had “proposed to the Prime Minister” that he seize “the Parliament” to modify the law so that this distribution of electoral documents is “re-internalized”, that is to say entrusted to the State. “We should do it soon enough for the presidential election,” he said.
“Serious and worrying dysfunctions”
Gérald Darmanin on Tuesday presented his “apologies to the French who did not receive the electoral propaganda” for the first and second rounds of the regional and departmental elections. The Minister of the Interior, who responded to the National Assembly to the deputy LR Véronique Louwagie, once again acknowledged that there had been “dysfunctions” and “presented and represented (his) apologies to the French who did not ‘have not received the propaganda “.
“There were really serious and worrying dysfunctions,” admitted Prime Minister Jean Castex, responding to the president of the PS group Valérie Rabault. “This is the first time that there has been such a fiasco (…) you owe us an explanation,” exclaimed Ms. Rabault.
“Three types of errors”
Gérald Darmanin argued that there had been “three types of errors”. First of all, the opening up of the postal market to competition in accordance with a European directive, which led to the retention of the company Adrexo for the distribution of part of the electoral propaganda. Then, Mr. Darmanin emphasized “the postponement of the elections” from March to June because of the pandemic, and finally the short time (one week) between the two rounds.
For the minister, despite the requisition of “1,000 people” and the decision to entrust to La Poste, after the first round, a large part of the distribution, it was not possible “to raise the bar” before the second round .
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