~ Says cuts against basic human rights ~ PHILIPSBURG:-- -Independent Member of Parliament Christopher Emmanuel on Sunday said that President of WICLU Claire Elshot-Aventurin confirmed what he has been saying all along; that the Prime Minister and her government lied when they said they invited the unions to discuss legislation that would see workers’ salaries and benefits cut. Elshot-Aventurin was also quoted in the media as saying that it is not true that the unions refused to return for further negotiations which led to government being forced to deviate from the requirement that it needed an agreement for the salary cuts. “The union leader went as far as to call it a blatant lie, which I have no doubt that it is,” Emmanuel said.