 The results were tentatively welcomed by commentators, and described as bringing "small signs of change to a Bosnia where institutional fragmentation has cemented ethnic division", with the result suggesting "a certain retreat of nationalism among the Muslim and Croat communities".A controversy has emerged over the election of the Croatian member of Presidency.Although Željko Komšić, an ethnic Croat and member of the SDP, he was alleged by his political opponents to have received votes mainly from Bosniaks.