A political analyst" claimed during an interview with the PUK-affiliated Channel 8 that according to the constitution, the Kurdistan region can be divided into two regional governments. But is it true? A province cannot secede from the Kurdistan Region because the 2005 Iraqi Constitution recognizes the Kurdistan Region as an already established and indivisible federal region (Article 117) and contains no legal mechanism for a province to secede from an existing region. Article 119 allows only non-regional districts (such as Basra or Nineveh) to create new regions, leaving no constitutional way for internal regional secession. As a result, any attempt by a province to secede from the Kurdistan Region would be deemed unconstitutional by the Federal Supreme Court in both Erbil and Baghdad.

A political analyst" claimed during an interview with the PUK-affiliated Channel 8 that according to the constitution, the Kurdistan region can be divided into two regional governments. But is it true? A province cannot secede from the Kurdistan Region because the 2005 Iraqi Constitution recognizes the Kurdistan Region as an already established and indivisible federal region (Article 117) and contains no legal mechanism for a province to secede from an existing region. Article 119 allows only non-regional districts (such as Basra or Nineveh) to create new regions, leaving no constitutional way for internal regional secession. As a result, any attempt by a province to secede from the Kurdistan Region would be deemed unconstitutional by the Federal Supreme Court in both Erbil and Baghdad.