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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (1) Save Email Print Reprints Haiti and Wyclef Jean await election candidates list Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Will Wyclef Jean make the list? 1:38pm EDT New York Haitians wary of Wyclef Jean president bid Thu, Aug 19 2010 Wyclef not on Haiti candidates list: electoral source Thu, Aug 19 2010 Wyclef not on Haiti candidates list-electoral source Thu, Aug 19 2010 Wyclef Jean says threats won't deter candidacy Thu, Aug 19 2010 Analysis & Opinion Uneducate people Related Topics Fashion » Entertainment » World » People » Natural Disasters » Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean greets the crowd before officially registering as a presidential candidate at an office in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in this file picture taken August 5, 2010. Credit: Reuters/St-Felix Evens/Files By Joseph Guyler Delva Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:11pm EDT PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's bid to run for Haiti's presidency hung in the balance on Friday as the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean country waited for its electoral authority to publish the final list of approved candidates. U.N. and Haitian police guarded the provisional electoral council headquarters in Port-au-Prince to prevent any trouble as feverish expectations mounted over which of the 34 original contenders would be on the confirmed list for the November 28 presidential election. Late on Thursday, a council member, who asked not to be named, told Reuters that locally popular 40-year-old singer-songwriter and international celebrity Jean was not on the list because he failed to satisfy several legal requirements. It was feared his exclusion and that of other contenders from the electoral race on legal grounds could stir political tensions and even possible violence. Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is struggling to recover from the devastating January 12 earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people. The electoral council had postponed from Tuesday until Friday the announcement of the list of approved candidates. Key among the complicating requirements for Jean was believed to be a stipulation candidates needed to have had five consecutive years of residency in Haiti. Jean, who left his impoverished homeland with his family to live in New York at the age of 9 and launched his music career in the United States, had presented arguments his lawyers said showed a "constant presence." In a message on his Twitter account, Jean said: "We await the decision of the Electoral Council,To see if I made the list as a Candidate. As it is written So Shall it be Done!" Earlier, his campaign released a statement saying he appealed to the population to remain calm. Besides Jean, eight other contenders out of the original 34 faced legal challenges to their candidacies. FOCUS ON POST-QUAKE REBUILDING Patrols of U.N. and Haitian police were also visible on Friday morning in Port-au-Prince's still rubble-strewn streets, but the city was calm. The U.N. mission called on candidates to respect electoral law and democracy and keep as a priority the country's reconstruction following the earthquake that wrecked the capital and dealt a heavy blow to the underdeveloped economy. Jean's jump into politics galvanized the Haitian political scene, triggering enthusiasm among the country's restless, widely unemployed youth, who see him as a refreshing symbol of home-grown hope, and alarm among the traditional Haitian political elite who seemed to feel threatened by him. Slogans scrawled in Creole on city walls reading: "Youth supports Youth" and "Wyclef means change" testified to his support among the young, and youth and Creole musical groups had already declared their backing for his candidacy. Some young Haitians said they would not vote in the November elections if Jean was not a candidate. "There are a lot of politicians who say they have a lot of experience, big diplomas, but I don't see what they have done for this country. We are still the poorest country in the region," said 19-year-old Ashley Simon. "The best leader is not necessarily someone who has big diplomas. It is someone who has a heart and who understands the situation of the people and Wyclef shows he understands the miserable situation of the Haitian people," he added, Asked late on Thursday what he would do if his candidacy was turned down, Jean told CNN's "Larry King Live" that he and the youth and political groups supporting him would look to work with any administration to help Haiti's children. "That's something that we're going to push on whether ... I make it or not," he said. Jean, who said this week he had gone into hiding after receiving death threats, told Reuters on Wednesday that he would not promote violence if his candidacy was rejected. Other candidates who faced legal challenges were former two-time Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, Leslie Voltaire, a U.S.-educated urban planner and former minister, and Yvon Neptune, another former prime minister who served under former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The presidential contenders include Raymond Joseph, Jean's uncle and former Haitian ambassador to the United States, and well-known opposition leader and former first lady Mirlande Manigat. (Writing by Pascal Fletcher; Editing by Eric Beech) Fashion Entertainment World People Natural Disasters Comments See All Comments (1) | Post Comment Aug 20, 2010 4:21pm EDT A moment in History– The appearance of Wyclef Jean on the field of Haiti’s politics is both exciting and troubling to me. It is exciting for several reasons: First, it will derail the electoral corruption that was about to take place. Second, it will rejuvenate and bring out life into the forgotten class; (the untouchables, the poor, the underprivileged). It is troubling to me however, in the sense that I’m standing in the voting booth looking at the ballet, there’s Mr. Wyclef Jean a musician, patriot, warrior with no political expertise and not enough formal education, some say. On the other side several season political veterans, highly educated politically and formally with university degrees of all sorts. The problem is however: those are the same actors and players who have been playing the game since the Duvalier regime left in 1986; that is a total of 24 years of failure on the part of this traditional political establishment. Now, I’m still standing in the voting booth scratching my head, should I choose a man with visions and love for his country with zero political experience? Or another man, base on history who couldn’t care less for the country as a whole, but who’s simply there to satisfy a very small elite few? History taught me that in the years of 1792 and 1793 during the rise of the slave’s rebellion; there were several highly educated Haitian enjoying the good life but had nothing to do with the cause of the slaves. But it would take the bravery of an uneducated few; among them was Jean Jacques Dessalines who led the rebellion out of slavery in 1804. Will it be the same again today 206 years later? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, I’m still in the voting booth with my dilemma! lapolapo Report As Abusive See All Comments (1) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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