In an ongoing parade of solidarity for the leader of Brazil, thousands of government supporters have come together to take part in marches that show their backing for President Dilma Rousseff.

The Brazilian opposition party has called for the impeachment of Rousseff over a huge corruption scandal in Petrobras, the state-owned oil company, as the majority of the politicians who have been accused of taking bribes are from Brazil's governing coalition.

Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, was the head of Petrobras during the time when much of the corruption is believed to have happened.

Although many in her party have been shown to have ties to the scandal, she herself has not been officially implicated in any corruption.

Rousseff’s supporters say the calls for her impeachment (which is taking place less than four months after she was re-elected to a second four-year term) is in fact a coup attempt.

According to BBC, the pro-government demonstrations, most of which have been called by unions that support the governing Workers' Party, are happening in 14 Brazilian states.

Brazil’s Supreme Court last week approved the investigation of 54 people for their alleged involvement in the Petrobras kickback scheme.

The list of implicated persons was prepared by Rodrigo Junot, the attorney general.

Junot alleges private companies paid corrupt officials so that they might receive lucrative Petrobras contracts.

High-profile politicians, according to the investigation, also took a share of the money, which was siphoned from the oil company.

The list of those who are implicated includes Senate President Renan Calheiros, President of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha, former Energy Minister Edison Lobao and former President Fernando Collor de Mello.

Prosecutors have charged executives from six of Brazil's largest construction firms with allegedly funneling kickbacks into a Petrobras scheme in order to pay politicians.

On Sunday anti-government marches are expected to take place.