Haiti says Wycelf CANT run for president. Election council rejects candidacy
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Election council rejects Wyclef Jean's Haiti presidential candidacy
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti -- Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is not on the list of candidates approved by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council to run in this year's presidential election.
Jean's name was not on the list of 19 approved candidates Haitian elections officials read to reporters Friday night.
"I respectfully accept the committee's final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same," Jean said in a statement Friday night.
In an interview with CNN shortly after the approved candidate list was announced, Jean said he was surprised by the news.
"This has come to our party and to our group as a total shock," he said.
Jean was among 15 prospective candidates rejected. Elections officials did not provide a reason to reporters, but Jean's statement said they had ruled he was not a resident of the country.
"I want to assure my countrymen that I will continue to work for Haiti's renewal; though the board has determined that I am not a resident of Haiti, home is where the heart is -- and my heart has and will always be in Haiti," Jean's statement said. "This ruling just tells me that I can't officially seek the office of president. More importantly, there is no one who can tell me to stop my work in Haiti, and there is no one who could."
He told CNN he planned to explore options to continue with his candidacy. "We will see if we will appeal it or not," he said.
Jean's eligibility had been under question recently after claims that he had not lived in Haiti for five consecutive years before the election, a requirement in the nation's constitution. Jean's lawyer had said his client met that criteria.
Earlier this week, Jean challenged media reports that he would not be eligible to run, but also entertained the possibility that he would be declared ineligible, telling CNN's Larry King on Thursday that he would continue organizing Haiti's youth to push for education reform.
"Haiti's constitution says that all kids should have the privilege of a free education, and that's something we'll push for whether we make it or not," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/20/haiti.wyclef.jean/index.html?hpt=T1
Election council rejects Wyclef Jean's Haiti presidential candidacy
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti -- Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is not on the list of candidates approved by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council to run in this year's presidential election.
Jean's name was not on the list of 19 approved candidates Haitian elections officials read to reporters Friday night.
"I respectfully accept the committee's final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same," Jean said in a statement Friday night.
In an interview with CNN shortly after the approved candidate list was announced, Jean said he was surprised by the news.
"This has come to our party and to our group as a total shock," he said.
Jean was among 15 prospective candidates rejected. Elections officials did not provide a reason to reporters, but Jean's statement said they had ruled he was not a resident of the country.
"I want to assure my countrymen that I will continue to work for Haiti's renewal; though the board has determined that I am not a resident of Haiti, home is where the heart is -- and my heart has and will always be in Haiti," Jean's statement said. "This ruling just tells me that I can't officially seek the office of president. More importantly, there is no one who can tell me to stop my work in Haiti, and there is no one who could."
He told CNN he planned to explore options to continue with his candidacy. "We will see if we will appeal it or not," he said.
Jean's eligibility had been under question recently after claims that he had not lived in Haiti for five consecutive years before the election, a requirement in the nation's constitution. Jean's lawyer had said his client met that criteria.
Earlier this week, Jean challenged media reports that he would not be eligible to run, but also entertained the possibility that he would be declared ineligible, telling CNN's Larry King on Thursday that he would continue organizing Haiti's youth to push for education reform.
"Haiti's constitution says that all kids should have the privilege of a free education, and that's something we'll push for whether we make it or not," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/08/20/haiti.wyclef.jean/index.html?hpt=T1
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Epic fail B pumper danced on his parade, He wasnt qualified anyway .. Sean Penn shut him down on CNN look it up.
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I blame the white man! Whitey is trying to keep Wycelf down, and destroy the world. I just had to get that in before anyone else does. I'm first to blame the white man.
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I blame the white man! Whitey is trying to keep Wycelf down, and destroy the world. I just had to get that in before anyone else does. I'm first to blame the white man.
No i thank the white man for creating white women. zoinks. -
i dont think he was qualified to be president anyway. if he wants to donate his resources (time, money, celebrity) to help haiti, then by all means he should continue to do so. but actually running a country is a different matter.
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EscoHovNyGo wrote: »Epic fail B pumper danced on his parade, He wasnt qualified anyway .. Sean Penn shut him down on CNN look it up.
rofl@ the pumper gif
clef didn't do anything to earn the nomination anyway -
Good. All qualifications aside, that was some carpet bagging. I know he's from Haiti but he WASN'T a resident and it doesn't seem like he ever had much interest in being a resident until he decided to run for office.
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EscoHovNyGo wrote: »No i thank the white man for creating white women. zoinks.
...pink areolas.....!!
/freaknik
