Saeed Jalili in 2013, after the defeat in the elections, proposed the plan of the Shadow Cabinet to help the Hassan Rouhani government and compensate for its shortcomings.He has held several meetings to criticise the government and offer a solution. In early 2021, he met 19 members of parliament and explained a plan to reform the Budget structure. Also, without they took the Petrochemical refinery development plan to the Larijani parliament (right-wing political opposition) and approved it, and the plan was communicated to the Rouhani government (left-wing political opposition) for implementation. Jalili explained the Shadow Cabinet is neither a party nor an organisation, but a Discourse and it means that everyone must follow the process of developments, shadow by shadow to have a positive impact on the path of the Islamic Revolution.Before the last day of registration for the presidential election, he was considered one of the most likely candidates. Although Jalili had said he would not register if Ebrahim Raisi entered the election,[41] with the flood of members and supporters of the established government such as Jahangiri, Larijani, Shariatmadari, Akhundi and Hemmati, it is conflict that he registered in the election individually or to support Raisi.