BRASILIA (Reuters) -&nbsp;Brazilian&nbsp;President&nbsp;Jair&nbsp;Bolsonaro&nbsp;broke&nbsp;his&nbsp;silence&nbsp;on&nbsp;Friday&nbsp;for the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time&nbsp;since&nbsp;his&nbsp;election&nbsp;defeat&nbsp;on&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;30&nbsp;and&nbsp;spoke&nbsp;to&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;calling&nbsp;for a&nbsp;military&nbsp;coup&nbsp;to&nbsp;stop&nbsp;leftist&nbsp;President-elect&nbsp;Luiz&nbsp;Inacio&nbsp;Lula&nbsp;da&nbsp;Silva&nbsp;taking&nbsp;office.
Bolsonaro&nbsp;said he had kept silent for almost 40&nbsp;days, adding, "it hurts my soul."
"Who decides where I go are you. Who decides which way the armed forces go are you,"&nbsp;Bolsonaro&nbsp;told&nbsp;his&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;at the gates of the&nbsp;presidential residence.
In&nbsp;his&nbsp;ambiguous comments,&nbsp;Bolsonaro&nbsp;did not endorse their call for a&nbsp;military&nbsp;intervention, but said the armed forces would respect Brazil's Constitution.
He has not recognized&nbsp;Lula's victory in the&nbsp;October&nbsp;elections&nbsp;and&nbsp;his&nbsp;silence&nbsp;encouraged&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;to continue demonstrations outside army bases.
Lula's narrow victory over&nbsp;Bolsonaro&nbsp;will be certified by Brazil's national&nbsp;electoral authority on Monday.
Bolsonaro&nbsp;told&nbsp;his&nbsp;supporters&nbsp;that the armed forces were Brazil's bulwark to prevent socialism in the country, adding that "nothing is lost"&nbsp;and&nbsp;their cause would prevail one&nbsp;day.
"The Armed Forces are united. They owe loyalty to our people&nbsp;and&nbsp;respect to the constitution,&nbsp;and&nbsp;they are responsible for our freedom", he said.
"Unlike other people, we are going to win," he said.
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(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Carolina Pulice; Editing by Bill Berkrot)

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