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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 led to their resignation, which made the continuation of ''The Red Star'' effectively untenable. 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 number of Members of the General Assembly (renamed from Senators) to seven.{{refn|Llorens (15 August 2019). [https://nationstates.news/separate-cabinet-speaker-amongst-passed-reforms-in-the-leftist-assembly/1272/ "Separate Cabinet, Speaker Amongst Passed Reforms in The Leftist Assembly."] ''NationStates Today.''}} 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). On 30 October, Llorens co-founded the region's first-ever polling company, ''Unity Statistics'', with [[Nottinhaps]], with the aim of gauging opinion on election races, leaders, and divisive issues. This renewed political involvement set the stage for a third tilt at Secretary in the following election.
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