1/9/26, 3:02 PM ‘We are always living in fear’: inside Myanmar’s ‘sham’ election | Myanmar | The Guardian “They pretend, they want to show the world that they made an election, that they go back to democracy, but we all know the result,” he adds. “There is no competitor.” He did not go to vote, he says. Many in Yangon shared in the same act of quiet defiance. * Name has been changed Most viewed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/02/inside-myanmar-sham-election 7/7