Visit scheduled for Thursday (22nd January) was postponed due to commitments; new date depends on authorization from Moraes
The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), decided this Tuesday (20 January 2026) to postpone his visit to former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), scheduled for next Thursday (22 January 2026). Palácio dos Bandeirantes reported that the decision was due to commitments on the São Paulo governor’s agenda. The meeting had been authorized by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court).
The visit was scheduled to take place from 8 am to 10 am on Thursday, according to judicial authorization granted by Moraes. With the postponement, Tarcísio must request a new date for the meeting, which will depend on a new deliberation by the STF minister.
In an official note, Palácio dos Bandeirantes informed that “Governor Tarcísio de Freitas’ visit to President Jair Bolsonaro was postponed at the governor’s request to fulfill commitments in São Paulo” and that a new date will be requested.
The meeting would be held at Papudinha, as the Federal District Military Police Custody Center is known, where Bolsonaro is detained. The São Paulo government did not detail which commitments led to the postponement.
Bolsonaro requested to receive the governor on Monday (January 19, 2026). The last meeting between the two was on September 29, 2025, when the former president was under house arrest. At the time, Tarcísio said that he will run for re-election in São Paulo and denied plans to run for President, stating that the visit was out of courtesy.
The former president spoke to a General Staff Room at the Custody Center of the Military Police of the Federal District, at the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, on Thursday (15 January 2026), as ordered by Alexandre de Moraes.
In the decision, the minister stated that the new room offers conditions considered more appropriate for Bolsonaro’s custody.
