La Poste takes over part of the distribution of electoral envelopes from Adrexo



While the government is trying to put an end to the controversy triggered by the failures in the delivery of mail from the first round of regional, La Poste will take things in hand. The distribution of 5 million electoral propaganda envelopes originally entrusted to the company Adrexo will ultimately come under the responsibility of the postal group.

For the second round, “at the request of the company Adrexo, and after agreement from the Ministry of the Interior, La Poste is working on the resumption of the distribution of 5 million additional items which fell within the areas of Adrexo”, indicates the public group. “Despite the difficulties inherent in the execution of this service under extremely constrained conditions, La Poste and the letter carriers will mobilize, as they always have done, in order to contribute to the best possible progress of the operations of the second round”, wants to reassure the postal service operator.

An “unacceptable failure”

Adrexo, responsible for distributing professions of faith in 51 departments in seven regions, estimates the number of electoral envelopes not sent to their recipients for the first round at 9%, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told the Senate on Wednesday. La Poste announces an equivalent figure. “We will look at the Ministry of the Interior” if this figure has been “reduced”, added the minister.

Adrexo and La Poste, appointed providers for distribution following a call for tenders, were sharply pinned at the end of the campaign. On Saturday, local authorities (Association of Mayors of France, Assembly of Departments of France and Regions of France) deplored an “unacceptable failure”, which “can only fuel abstention”.

Adrexo talks about a computer attack

Adrexo, specializing in the distribution of printed advertising, ensures for its part to have submitted 44 million envelopes for the first round, but reported a computer attack to explain its difficulties. For the second round, she asks for the “reinforcement” of La Poste “to guarantee the best distribution service to all voters”.

The Senate must formally record this Thursday the creation of a commission of inquiry into this affair, the oppositions denouncing “a scandal”, “a fault” of the government.



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