Rosy Bindi, a leader in the Democratic Party, immediately objected that such criticism was unacceptable and seditious.

NEWYORKER: Booted

He has kept the experienced Lamberto Dini as foreign minister and the solid Enzo Bianco as home minister, but felt obliged to sack the two ministers who at least had the guts to try to launch the boldest of the reforms attempted by the previous government: Rosy Bindi at the health ministry and Luigi Berlinguer at education.

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