Bolsonaro supporters call on military to keep him in powerRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters called on the military Wednesday to keep the far-right leader in power, even as his administration signaled a willingess to hand over the reins to leftist rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Brazil's Bolsonaro declines to concede, but OKs transitionBrazil’s brash President Bolsonaro mum after election lossNew president's bid to protect the Amazon will face hurdlesLula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil's president“In a democracy, the armed forces do not have a say in the electoral process,” said Eduardo Munhoz Svartman, president of the Brazilian Association for Defense Studies.Immediately afterward, his chief of staff told reporters Bolsonaro had authorized him to begin the process of handing over power, while later in the day the president reportedly told members of the Supreme Court that his election battle against da Silva had come to an end.Much like former U.S. President Donald Trump, whom Bolsonaro openly admires, he has claimed that electronic voting machines are prone to fraud.Many of his supporters are also questioning the results, and truckers who back the president have erected hundreds of blockades around the country to protest the election’s outcome."