Prague, May 15 (CTK) – The Czech Communist Party (KSCM) will further seek the dissolution of NATO, withdrawal of Czech troops from foreign missions, a law to remedy the church restitution’s impact and a faster separation of the church and the state, according to a resolution the KSCM congress approved on Sunday.
The opposition KSCM re-elected Vojtech Filip its chairman for another four years at its weekend national congress.
In the security area, the KSCM will focus on supporting measures aimed to prevent illegal migration and reinforce the protection of the Schengen border. It wants to stand up against neo-fascism, nationalism and xenophobia, the resolution says.
In the area of economy, the KSCM is for the state to enhance its stake in the strategic branches and for the development of cooperative businesses.
The KSCM will be pushing for a tax system more sticking to the principle of solidarity, a sharper tax progressivity, taxation of speculative capital and the lowering of indirect taxes.
It will promise voters to do away with the outflow of money to tax havens, according to the resolution.
The KSCM said a dictate of oligarchs and capitalist monopolies is typical of the present society.
“We demand that respect be shown for the equality of forms of ownership at least. Nevertheless, we believe that a transition to the all-society ownership of production means is a precondition for an effective tackling of fundamental social and environmental problems,” the resolution says.
Josef Skala, whom the delegates elected a new KSCM deputy chairman, said he wants the party to become more visible.
The debate at the congress showed that reservations about the KSCM’s performance have been rising and the situation in society is changing, Skala said.
“That is why we have to come up with a programme that would be comprehensible for the broadest possible range of people,” Skala said.
Filip said the party must be open to young people.
The KSCM said it wants to spend 30 million crowns on the campaign ahead of the autumn regional and Senate polls at the most.
