Analysis
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The generals are holding a vote. No one is buying it.
As the junta prepares to conjure an election, Myanmar remains a country shattered by war, mass displacement, with a military that violates its own Constitution
Unfolding amid ongoing conflict and territorial fragmentation, the second phase will deliver an outcome even less meaningful than the first
The outcome of the vote is a foregone conclusion: a continuation of military rule in a different guise
As the junta prepares to conjure an election, Myanmar remains a country shattered by war, mass displacement, with a military that violates its own Constitution
Nearly five years into a conflict being fought on multiple fronts, it is still far from clear who will prevail in the end
Min Aung Hlaing’s latest political manoeuvre aims to secure lifelong control behind a civilian façade