Velehrad, South Moravia, July 7 (CTK) - The Communists' demands that the property returned to churches confiscated from them by the Communist regime should be taxed are scandalous, Prague Archbishop Cardinal Dominik Duka told journalists on Saturday.

If the property is taxed, the churches will defend themselves in court, Duka said.

On Wednesday, a vote of confidence will be held in the Chamber of Deputies. The Communists have said they will support the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babis' ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD), but the taxation of the church property was one of their conditions for their position.

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