With most of the votes counted, results show that in the contest for the tripartite presidency, Muslim and Croat voters have chosen moderates who favor cooperation.
But in the Serb entity, the leading candidate stands for separatism
n a complicated day at the polls on October 3, Bosnians voted not only for the country's thee-person joint presidency, but also for the central parliament, several regional parliaments, and the Bosnian Serb presidency.
As preliminary results emerged on October 4, attention has focused on the tripartite presidency -- and it appears that the frail Bosnian federation has not been able to overcome its deep ethnic divisions.
Both the Bosniak and the Croatian seat appear to have gone to moderates who believe strongly in a unified Bosnia. They are Bakir Izetbegovic, son of late wartime president Alija Izetbegovic, and the present incumbent Croatian member of the presidency, Zeljko Komsic.
Both these politicians spoke optimistically about the future in remarks to reporters before the results were known.
"We are going, in my opinion, to stabilize the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to bring a better future to citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina which means peace, better conditions for development of the economy," Izetbegovic said.
The reelected Croat member, Komsic, told voters that he would not fail them.
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