Neither of these events were a consequence of being below Vmini and in fact developed once above it, so I think it's a red herring. It was a concept drawn up long before tripple redundant digital AFCSs so the only valid argument I would see is that it should no longer be a limitation. Just to further muddy things, if you read Part 29/AC-29 you will see it's minimum IFR speed so in those countries with night VFR it is irrelevant as a limitation!