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Seeking to focus on his new responsibilities as a writer and editor for NationStates Today, an interregional news organisation where he would later serve twice as Chief Executive Officer, Llorens withdrew partially from Assemblian politics, opting against running for a fourth term as Senator. However, he continued to critique and present some legislation - in the [[12th General Assembly]], he legislated with Kavagrad to abolish the Minister of Media after a tense public confrontation with the incumbent [[Libertasnia]] on the Regional Message Board between several members made it clear that ''The Red Star'' was no longer tenable. In the [[13th General Assembly]], Llorens found himself increasingly at odds with rising-star Senator [[Dawtania]], being pivotal in the 19-25 referendum failure of Dawtania's proposal to separate the elections of the Secretary and Prime Minister.

The [[14th General Assembly]] saw Llorens partner with Uan aa Boa and Greylyn to author arguably one of the most defining pieces of legislation in Assemblian history - the Separate Cabinet legislative package. The package, which initially garnered some scepticism but eventually was broadly accepted, formalised the executive branch as the Cabinet, removed the Secretary and Vice Secretary (renamed from Prime Minister) from the General Assembly, and expanded the numbers of Members of the General Assembly (renamed from Senators) to seven. Llorens also unsuccessfully opposed Dawtania's Civil Cases legislative package for his perception that it would unnecessarily complicate the judicial process by separating civil and criminal cases, which only narrowly passed the newly-increased two-thirds constitutional amendment threshold.

The [[14th General Assembly]] saw Llorens partner with Uan aa Boa and Greylyn to author arguably one of the most defining pieces of legislation in Assemblian history - the Separate Cabinet legislative package. The package, which initially garnered some scepticism but eventually was broadly accepted, formalised the executive branch as the Cabinet, removed the Secretary and Vice Secretary (renamed from Prime Minister) from the General Assembly, and expanded the numbers of Members of the General Assembly (renamed from Senators) to seven. Llorens also unsuccessfully opposed Dawtania's Civil Cases legislative package for his perception that it would unnecessarily complicate the judicial process by separating civil and criminal cases, which only narrowly passed the newly-increased two-thirds constitutional amendment threshold. He concurrently served as a Justice of the [[14th Supreme Court]] during this term, contributing to legal rulings on the application of ministerial policy, the public nature of General Assembly voting, and the departure of election candidates.

Returning from semi-retirement, Llorens was elected as an MGA in the [[15th General Assembly]], once more as the top-ranked candidate, and passed six bills amendments almost unanimously, including a new endorsement cap in the Endorsement Cap Bill, the increase of Justice confirmation thresholds to two-thirds in Constitution Amendment (Court Confirmations), and the abolition of nation category restrictions on running for office in Category Restriction Amendment (Act Removal). The renewed involvement in the legislative process set the stage for a third tilt at Secretary in the following election.

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During his fourth and final term in office, he appointed the first 'Co-Ministers' to a portfolio (the Ministry of Roleplay) and oversaw the transition to the new 'Assembly of Nations' roleplay. Midway through the term on 25 April, Llorens went public about private accusations from Speaker [[Podria]] that he had improperly conducted himself in contacting MGA [[Rhineland Ruhr and Alsace Lorraine]] to cast the deciding vote for Election Amendment (Regional Poll), which moved all election nominations to the Regional Message Board. The conversation created bitter divisions among commentators, though most supported the right of the Secretary to express their opinion to the MGA on the matter privately given their public statements on it; critics believed that it was an improper use of his leadership position that violated the separation of powers.

As Secretary, Llorens continued to present legislation to the General Assembly, including a revision of the Speaker's responsibilities in an amendment to the Legislature Conduct Act (sponsored by [[Wascoitan]]) and mandating that the Secretary explain their World Assembly votes as he had established the precedent for in the unanimously-accepted constitutional amendment (sponsored by Podria).

===Retirement===

Llorens effectively retired with the conclusion of their fourth term as Secretary on 14 June 2020, though he continues to serve as a co-founder alongside Cedoria and Kavagrad. In his retirement, Llorens continued to serve as head administrator of the region's social Discord server until he unexpectedly resigned in January 2021 due to a growing frustration with perceived sectarianism amongst some members and other administrators. He also served in several leadership capacities for NationStates Today until April 2021 when he resigned from being all but a writer and editor for the organisation, which he has published over 80 individual articles for.

He has indicated that he will not serve in any other government capacity in the foreseeable future as he focuses more on real-life, but does not plan to depart from NationStates.

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