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Presumably because ministers should be selected for their ability and not for ethnic quotas?

That may or may not be a valid argument against specific ethnic quotas, but what does it have to do with the case of Dati?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 04:30:43 AM EST
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Nothing, expecially when we're talking about Yade.

The spin is that Yade was chosen to fill some sort of ethnic slot, which may or may not be true and may or may not be relevant to the tensions with the rest of the cabinet. Nobody is appointed minister for just one reason.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 6th, 2009 at 05:18:54 AM EST
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