Overview

• Flávio and Carlos Bolsonaro rejected a report of a sealed agreement for Jair Bolsonaro to back Tarcísio de Freitas, while reaffirming unity with the governor for 2026.
• PL president Valdemar Costa Neto said Tarcísio’s party filiation is informally agreed, as negotiations continue with Republicanos chief Marcos Pereira and PSD leader Gilberto Kassab.
• Reporting describes compensation talks that include PL support in Minas Gerais for Senator Cleitinho and a possible boost to Marcelo Crivella’s Senate prospects in Rio, both characterized as arrangements under discussion.
• Gazeta do Povo reports that Vice Governor Felício Ramuth could switch to Republicanos to assume and continue the São Paulo administration if Tarcísio steps down to run.
• Tarcísio publicly defended amnesty for those convicted over January 8 as a path to pacification, and he plans to visit Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest on September 29.