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LEADER of Government Business in the Senate, Darrel Allahar, accused two independent senators of statements seemingly sounding anti-UNC, speaking on the Prime Minister’s Pension (Amendment) Bill 2025 on June 30. He began by arguing the bill was not ad hominem ("to the man"), that is, aimed at a specific person.

The bill says that retroactively, anyone serving as Prime Minister as of March 10 must serve at least a year to begin to qualify for the pension which will be awarded on a tiered basis for each successive year in office. "Let us not invoke the bogeyman of ad hominem and everyone runs away," Allahar said. "Let us not 'beat up' on ad hominem." He accused Independent Senators Anthony Vieira and Candice Jones-Simmons of very strongly arguing the bill was politically motivated.

Allahar said Vieira had used the term "political impulses" and Jones-Simmons said the bill's purpose was to "address political grievances."