Italian councillor calls for black Italian minister to be raped Won't someone rape her, just to make her understand what victims of this terrible crime feel? For shame! Dolores Valandro, a councillor in Padua in Northern Italy, wrote on Facebook alongside a photograph of African-Italian Immigration Minister Cecile Kyenge. Her reaction was supported by Prime Minister Enrico Letta, who said: "Cecile Kyenge is right, each one of us should feel offended, I feel offended." The words do not deserve any comment, just disdain. Cecile deserves solidarity from me, the government and the country," he said. Valandro later apologised, saying: "It was a something I said in a moment of anger. When I'm angry I vent that way. Kyenge, an eye doctor and Italian citizen originally from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been subjected to a barrage of racist attacks since being appointed minister in February. She has drawn heated criticism from the Northern League over plans to push for legislation that would allow children born in Italy to immigrant parents to get automatic citizenship instead of waiting until 18 to apply.