i'm anthony how it welcome to the program for my brazilian president louis ignatius lula da silva has been released from prison and could achieve the leftist populist politician was welcomed by a crowd of cheering supporters his release was ordered by a judge after brazil's supreme court ruled that defendants who are still appealing convictions could be free to leave his job on corruption charges in april last year he's denied wrongdoing and appealed the verdict. well for more i'm joined by journalist dom phillips in rio de janeiro dumb little was sentenced to 12 years behind bars has he's release come as a surprise and what does this now mean for the opposition. hasn't come as a surprise it's been kind of expected because the supreme court has been debating this issue for quite some time and the decision was expected it's actually the feds on the supreme court has changed its mind on this in the last decade but it is good news for the opposition which is really struggled against the far rights government of president john i was an arrow is a very powerful think that this was kind of