Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — statement, 2025 (per Kurdistan24, "Iraq Still Far from True Federalism"): "Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism." [Second doc — distinct KRG-FEDERALISM / Kurdish-autonomy-rights axis, vs his election-day Iraqi-government-formation doc.]

This model is outlined in the Iraqi constitution, which was approved by 80 percent of the people. But Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism.

[SECOND DOCUMENT for Nechirvan Barzani, covering a DISTINCT angle from his existing one (an 11 Nov 2025 election-day press conference about post-election government formation and implementing the constitution at the national level). This document is specifically his KURDISTAN-FEDERALISM / Kurdish-autonomy-rights GRIEVANCE: that Baghdad violates the constitution's federal model in its treatment of the Kurdistan Region. Source: Kurdistan24 ("Nechirvan Barzani: Iraq Still Far from True Federalism"), a 2025 statement; tier-2; quote confirmed verbatim against the fetched page and attributed there to Barzani ("He stressed…"). LANGUAGE NOTE: original most likely delivered in Kurdish or Arabic; the English as published by Kurdistan24 is stored, so original_language is recorded as 'en' (the schema's language set does not include Kurdish). DATE NOTE: published_date left NULL — the precise date was not recoverable from the source page (a 2025 statement). NOT to be confused with his cousin PM Masrour Barzani (a separate entry).] A distinct declared position of Nechirvan Barzani — President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and a senior KDP figure known as the region's pragmatic dealmaker. While he treats the 2005 Iraqi constitution as a landmark achievement for the Kurds, his grievance is its NON-IMPLEMENTATION in federal practice: "This model is outlined in the Iraqi constitution, which was approved by 80 percent of the people. But Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism." This is the KURDISH-FEDERALIST pole — defending the Kurdistan Region's constitutional autonomy and rights within a federal Iraq and protesting Baghdad's centralizing treatment (over budget, oil, and powers) as a breach of federal principles. [Axes: federalism / center-periphery (a genuinely federal Iraq vs Baghdad centralism; the Kurdistan Region's constitutional autonomy and rights), Kurdish question / self-rule (defending Kurdish federal rights within Iraq through the constitution rather than separation), constitution / rule-of-law (the 2005 constitution as the binding framework whose non-implementation is the core dispute). NOTE: a declared-position document — Nechirvan Barzani's stated federalism grievance as reported, scoped to the KRG-federalism axis his existing document does not cover.]