Wyclef Jean says he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will send a lawyer to a Haitian court to appeal a decision rejecting his candidacy.
Speaking to The Associated Press from his home in Croix des Bouquets, Jean says lawyers will go to a Haitian court Monday to appeal with the national electoral dispute office.
Jean told the AP on Sunday that he has a document “which shows everything is correct” and that he and his aides “feel that what is going on here has everything to do with Haitian politics.”
Jean’s candidacy was rejected by the country’s elections board Friday night, presumably because he did not meet residency requirements
Would you like to see Wyclef Jean become the President of Haiti?
Hip hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates for Haiti’s presidential election, it is reported.
A member of the country’s provisional electoral council told the Reuters news agency that the ex-Fugees singer did not satisfy legal requirements to run in a November 28 presidential election.
The committee requires candidates to have spent the last five consecutive years living in Haiti.
Jean, who said he had received death threats this week, lives and works in the US.
The musician had always said his appointment as a roving ambassador by President Rene Preval in 2007 exempted him from the residency requirement.
The provisional electoral council is due to formally publish the list of approved candidates on Friday.
Do you think Wyclef should be approved or is it the right decision?
Wyclef Jean has gone into hiding after receiving alleged death threats in Haiti.
The former Fugees man is waiting to find out if his application to run to be president of the country has been accepted. He told the Associated Press he was hiding in a secret location following intimidating messages telling him to leave the country.
According to new reports, due to the fact that Wyclef Jean hasn’t had residency in his native Haiti for five consecutive years now he may not be able to run for the presidency of the country. Wyclef even took to his twitter account to acknowledge the reports.
Bill O’Reilly called out Jennifer Aniston for making a comment about how a woman doesn’t have to settle down with a man to have children.
Thoughts on the argument?
*UPDATE*
Aniston, has defended her beliefs about alternate ways of creating families.
Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age. Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth,” Aniston told People. “And, of course, many women dream of finding Prince Charming (with fatherly instincts), but for those who’ve not yet found their Bill O’Reilly, I’m just glad science has provided a few other options.”
Years after Wyclef Jean released ‘If I Was President’, the hip-hop megastar may soon discover just how difficult it can be to lead a nation.
This week the multi-millionaire international recording artist filed his formal paperwork to run for president of the country of Haiti. Wyclefs former band mate Pras sat down with Al Jazeera to explain exactly why he is not backing his Fugees bandmate.
Thoughts? Do you think Wyclef is the right man for the job?
Go under the cut to see Wyclef discussing his vision for his country with CNN.
Actress Mia Farrow today disputed supermodel Naomi Campbell’s claims under oath that she did not know that a midnight gift of alleged ‘blood diamonds’ came from former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, now on trial for war crimes.
Wyclef Jean officially registered as a candidate for Haiti’s November presidential election.
I would like to tell (U.S.) President Barack Obama that the United States has Obama and Haiti has Wyclef Jean,”
The three-time Grammy award-winner told cheering supporters in a downtown area of Port-au-Prince.
In related news Sean Penn has spoken out about Wyclef Jean’s intention to run for President of Haiti.
This is somebody who’s going to receive an enormous amount of support from the United States, and I have to say I’m very suspicious of it, simply because he, as an ambassador at large, has been virtually silent. For those of us in Haiti, he has been a non-presence. I’m not accusing Wyclef Jean of being an opportunist; I don’t know the man,” Sean added. “One of the reasons I don’t know very much about Wyclef Jean is that I haven’t seen or heard anything of him in these last six months that I’ve been in Haiti.” Sean told CNN(via USA Today).
Wyclef responded on ‘The Gayle King’ Show today, saying,
He hasn’t seen me for six months – I have been going to Haiti for more than five years. When the hurricane toppled Haiti, I was the first one there….if I did not create Yele Haiti to start stopping the violence, even him coming to Haiti would not have been possible today.”
Jean told TIME he is going to announce his candidacy for the Nov. 28 election just days before the Aug. 7 deadline
If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,” Jean says. “The quake drove home to me that Haiti can’t wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century.If I can’t take five years out to serve my country as President,then everything I’ve been singing about, like equal rights, doesn’t mean anything.”
Watched by her parents and VIPs from US politics and showbusiness, Chelsea Clinton married her long-term boyfriend, Marc Mezvinsky, after weeks of secrecy surrounding the build-up to the wedding in Rhinebeck, a village in New York State.
Crowds of local people and a large media pack desperate for a sight of the bride began forming from early morning in the hope of catching a glimpse of the couple at the exclusive estate on the Hudson River.
*Congrats to the pair, seems like this is the weekend of love!*
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton‘s [daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton] wedding to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky is taking place this Saturday and is set to be the wedding of the year.
The list of guests invited include: President Barack Obama and family [who are not expected to attend at present], Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg and former British P.M. John Major
Chelsea will reportedly be wearing a custom made Vera Wang wedding dress and the private wedding is estimated to cost between between $3 million and $5 million.
In related news another wedding is rumoured to be taking place this weekend. Rapper T.I. is rumoured to be getting married to his long term girlfriend Tiny also this Saturday!
*Sounds like a fairy tale wedding, congrats to the couple*
Former. Secretary of State; Condoleezza Rice joined Aretha Franklin, for a rare music performance in Philadelphia to raise money for charity. Rice, who is a classically trained pianist performed a solo as well as performing with Franklin at the event.
We do have some things in common, but I am a democrat forever, let me be very clear about that, alright?” Aretha Franklin said laughing at the event.
The ex-Fugees star is not ruling out running for presidency of Haiti.
Wyclef may reprtedly seek a five-year term as leader of the earthquake-ravaged nation.
It has long been speculated that the Haitian-born entertainer might enter the 2010 presidential contest, ever since President Rene Preval appointed him ambassador-at-large for the Caribbean nation in 2007
His family released the following statement today:
Wyclef’s commitment to his homeland and its youth is boundless and he will remain its greatest supporter regardless of whether he is part of the government moving forward. At this time, Wyclef Jean has not announced his intent to run for Haitian president. If and when a decision is made, media will be alerted immediately.”
