On Monday, a judicial decision opened the way for Flavio Bolsonaro to visit his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently restricted to his home while legal proceedings against him continue. Flavio Bolsonaro, who is contesting the October 25 presidential runoff against sitting leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had a visit to the former president scheduled for Tuesday.

A ruling from the Supreme Court permits the senator to renew contact with his father, provided that any visits remain free of campaign-related activity. The 90-day restriction on Flavio Bolsonaro's visits, put in place by judicial order, reached its end date on Sunday. Under the ruling — reviewed by a broadcast news outlet — visits were permitted to resume, though the judge placed a condition barring any activity tied to political or electoral aims.

Access to the former president had been withdrawn from Flavio Bolsonaro in July, following his reading aloud on YouTube of a letter written by Jair Bolsonaro — conduct that fell under a prohibition against Bolsonaro communicating through social media, whether personally or via another person acting on his behalf. Justice Alexandre de Moraes determined that Bolsonaro senior had breached the conditions attached to his penalty, which stems from his conviction over an attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2022 election that brought Lula to power. The ruling from de Moraes came only after the cutoff time had already elapsed.

Flavio Bolsonaro told journalists in Brasília that a visit to his father was planned for Tuesday morning, adding that more than three months had passed without an opportunity to see him. He made those remarks after attending a religious observance for the feast day of Brazil's patron saint. Bolsonaro's legal team had petitioned the court to restore his visitation rights ahead of schedule following the first-round ballot, with the former senator characterising the suspension as a ruling that lacked any established criteria, any humanitarian consideration, or any grounding in law.

With an electoral ban keeping him off the ballot until 2030, Jair Bolsonaro — who functions as the public face of the movement he built — put his son forward to stand as the presidential candidate in his place. Backing from fellow right-leaning candidates who fell short in the first round has consolidated around Flavio Bolsonaro. With 47 percent of ballots cast in his favour against 45 percent for Lula — who is pursuing a fourth presidential term, each won in separate electoral cycles — the tally placed him narrowly ahead.