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Brazil's electoral court chief says election debate is "waste of focus"

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on before welcoming Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, August 24, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

The head of Brazil's top electoral court (TSE), Luís Eduardo Barroso, said on Wednesday there is no problem with the country's electronic voting system, calling a discussion to adopt printed ballots "a waste of focus."

Speaking at a banking event, Barroso said Brazilian institutions are functioning normally despite increasing friction between the judiciary and President Jair Bolsonaro, adding he saw no conditions for a coup.

(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Ana Mano; editing by Stephen Eisenhammer)

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