Several things could happen. For example: one, constitutional crisis - but that could be tackled with the help of the power currently vested in the president of the republic by the constitution, political consensus and available legal means, besides, other options. Two, the prospect of a fair election would be hopefully brighter. In such an event, it is expected the election will be more participatory, credible, peaceful, and cost sensitive plus cost effective (by avoiding say, the cost of two possible general elections that could follow one another within a short span of time). Three, more time will be available for the rectification of voter list in order to make that more acceptable to all concerned (per se), facilitating, among other things, the creation of an environment more conducive to a fair election. Four, the ramifications of further anti-people activities (such as: loss of life, loss of property, and loss of earning) and anti-Bangladesh activities (such as: economic loss, and image loss - particularly, at a time when Bangladesh - through Professor Yunus and the Grameen Bank - can take pride in its winning the Noble Peace Prize - 2006) that might arise out of or in the course of (or both) future political programmes could be minimized, if not eliminated.

A windfall from above and other related developments could bring in a win-win situation for both the alliances depending on, among other things, how they would - from their individual plus collective positions, as well as perspectives - interpret the gains resulting (to be) from the shift of election date and utilize those gains in the effort towards achieving respective election goals and strategies, per se.

The AL-led alliance could, for example, claim their apparent success in managing and winning political objectives that reflect on, among other things, changes for the better with regard to matters pertaining to the upcoming election. The BNP-led alliance, by accepting the change in the election date, could inter alia facilitate a further strengthening of people's perception and for that matter the voters' perception about their pro-people stance and convince more strongly the undecided voters (for example) that they are example setters or trend setters or both when it comes to say, local, national, regional and global interest. In that respect, it may be mentioned here: a possible participation of BNP in the election on a new date could be instrumental in adding an additional dimension to its goals like: politics of production, prosperity and progress.

Interestingly, the election could still take place on 22 January 2007 with perhaps the participation of all political parties, regardless of its (the election's) quality though, provided that AL and BNP-led alliances plus others are able to convince collectively President Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed to relinquish the position of the caretaker chief in the greater local, national and global interest and that the president decides to do that for the sake of at least a 'fully' participatory election in the country, among other things.

In that event, it will not be grossly illogical to assume, the president will, in consultation with AL and BNP, invite Noble laureate Prof. Dr. Yunus or any other respected citizen to assume the responsibility of caretaker chief for the remaining period of caretaker government. It could, among other things, enhance the image of Bangladesh, Bangladeshis, the presidency, Prof. Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed and others before the world community.