More than three months after elections in Iraq and with negotiations still deadlocked over the formation of a new government, the Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said that he will not be forced out of office by the United States and Britain. In an interview with the British newspaper, the Guardian, Mr. al-Jaafari said that it had been a democratic decision to make him prime minister and that the views of the Iraqi people should be respected. E. Smith reports.

Mr. al-Jaafari has been unable to garner support outside his own party. But despite this, he’s resisting pressure to make way for someone else. In the interview, he appears to strike a defiant tone, refusing to give up his claim to lead Iraq despite strong pressure from both the United States and Britain, and from within Iraq itself. He said the decision to make him prime minister was a democratic one, and one which he stood by. We have to protect democracy in Iraq, he says, and it is democracy which should decide who leads Iraq.

伊拉克大选已经过去三个多月，而组建新政府的谈判进程依旧停滞不前。总理易卜拉欣·贾法里表示，他不会迫于美国和英国的压力而辞去总理职务。贾法里在接受英国卫报的采访中表示，他当选为伊拉克总理是民主决策的结果，伊拉克民众的民意必须得到尊重。Smith报道。

贾法里一直以来不能得到其他的党派支持。尽管如此，为了给其他总理候选人铺路，他顶着来自各方的压力。在这次采访中，尽管来自美国和英国以及伊拉克国内的强大压力，他似乎和他们唱反调，拒绝放弃对伊拉克的领导权。他说，选举他为伊拉克总理是一个民主的决策，他必须坚持这个决策。他说，我们必须捍卫伊拉克的民主，必须是由民主机制来决定由谁来领导伊拉克。