Catholic priests protest against ultra-right party in Krnov: "We Don't Want E.coli or Neo-Nazism"

A group of Catholic priests has protested against neo-Nazism in Krnov. The daily Bruntálský deník reports that the priests protested against a rally there by the extremist Workers’ Social Justice Party (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti – DSSS).

The priests unfurled a banner reading “Christians against Neo-Nazism” and “We Don’t Want E.coli or Neo-Nazism”. The daily reports that some DSSS promoters – apparently bored by the lengthy, incomprehensible speech being given by party leader Tomáš Vandas – asked the priests what E.coli was and then asked for an explanation of the relationship between bloody diarrhea and neo-Nazism. They also tried to discuss the role played by the Catholic Church in Czech history with the Catholic activists. When asked what specifically they were doing for a better future for humanity and their country, the priests described their pastoral work among prisoners in Mírov.

In his speech, Vandas admitted and emphasized the continuity between the dissolved extremist neo-Nazi Workers’ Party (Dělnická strana – DS) and today’s DSSS. “As a result of our electoral results we received CZK 750 000 from the state, and that’s the only subsidy we have been given so far,” Vandas claimed. The state contribution, however, was made to the treasury of the DS, which has since been dissolved.