Wyclef Jean Denied Presidential Bid For Haiti

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» by Danielle Canada August 20, 2010, 9:00am


Wyclef Jean will have to find other ways to help his impoverished homeland of Haiti now that he's been denied a bid for Presidency.

As previously reported, the former Fugee and philanthropist announced his plans to run for President in August and has since received criticism from actor Sean Penn and former bandmate Pras.

The Yele Haiti founder can return to business as usual however now that his Presidential bid has reportedly been denied.

Global news service Reuters reports that Clef was left of a list of approved candidates set to be released to the public later today.

The Haitian constitution requires that candidates for President must have lived in the country for five consecutive years prior to an election but Clef continued to argue that his status as an ambassador for the country made him exempt from the rule.

Clef is a reported resident of Brooklyn, New York.

Wyclef recently reported that he'd gone into hiding in a secret location because he was receiving death threats.

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  • tyrone

    no offense to Wyclef, but i agree with the decision to deny his presidency. the fact is, he hasn't lived in Haiti for how long? plus, his interviews were very "general." meaning, his answers to questions such as "why he is qualified," "what will he do," "what is his stand on..." were very vague. no detail, no nothing. he could have atleast hired a PR or something to help him answer some questions and make it sound like he had a plan for Haiti's future as opposed to simply claiming the obvious issues with no roadmap.

  • speaking of this ish…

    I'm glad..he isn't educated enough to run for president of Haiti and he damn well didn't live their for 5 consecutive years..smfh..He should go back to being a supposed philanthropist for Haiti...smh..he aint even been there since the media up and left after they got all the coverage they wanted..

  • Monako

    Good grief.

    Can we just sink Haiti into the ocean now? Couldn't care less about the worlds largest garbage dump we call Haiti.

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