The significance of the voting on Tuesday was that the active participation of women in voting. Females were seen waiting in long queues to cast their votes.Polling agents said there was a remarkable increase in women coming to cast their votes.Ramyalatha Perera of Nugegoda, about 20 km away from Colombo, said she wanted to see a brighter future for her children."I cast my vote early in the morning. I think we, women want peace. We can not suffer any more and we want our children to live in a peaceful country,"she said.Ramyalatha had taken her 80-year-old mother, who suffer from arthritis, on a wheelchair with the help of her husband to cast her vote.
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The significance of the voting on Tuesday was that the active participation of women in voting. Females were seen waiting in long queues to cast their votes.Polling agents said there was a remarkable increase in women coming to cast their votes.Ramyalatha Perera of Nugegoda, about 20 km away from Colombo, said she wanted to see a brighter future for her children."I cast my vote early in the morning. I think we, women want peace. We can not suffer any more and we want our children to live in a peaceful country,"she said.Ramyalatha had taken her 80-year-old mother, who suffer from arthritis, on a wheelchair with the help of her husband to cast her vote.
To read the complete story please visit CriEnglish.Com.