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Haitian musician Wyclef Jean, who is looking towards a political career, has learned he can’t appeal a decision that has restricted him from taking part in his native Haiti’s presidential race later this year.

The country’s electoral council officials previously disqualified the hip-hop star because he didn’t meet residence requirements, reports the Daily Express.

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Jean initially accepted the ruling, but later launched an attack on lawmakers branding their decision to stop him from adding his name to the ballot politically motivated.

The ‘Gone ‘Til November’ hitmaker insisted he would appeal the decision, but the ruling is final and cannot be appealed, according to Haitian law experts.

Read entire article at HaitiNews.net

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SleazyA-1/ SleazyA-1

    I think it was a bad decision from the point go. He must make a song about this mess now.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsMerising/ MsMerising

    5 years residency, minimum. Visiting is not residency. Sorry Wyclef, that’s the rules. If you’re serious, you can take another shot in 5 years :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/archanjo/ archanjo

    Wyclef need to set his ass down, abide by the rules. Live there for 5 years as required, go back to school and get a degree in government, get fluent in his language and THEN run.

    Supposed a politician decided he was going to make a hip hop recording just because he thought he was a good politician?

    Wyclef is far from good political material. He comes with unclean hands from his denouncing of Aristide. His lack of neutrality taints any desire he has to lead HAit from the git-go, outside of his lack of intellectual rigor.

    Now run and tell DAT!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JessWess72/ JessWess72

    Ideally, its a good decision. However, they need to inject some new blood, and new ideas into their Civilization. Whatever they’re doing is NOT working. One of the Poorest countries in the world, You would think that if you live in a 3rd world country, & a rich man ( who was born in your country ) wanted to try & heal your economy…you would at least give him a chance… Oh well, good luck Haiti…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Joefinley/ Joefinley

    @ Archanjo…Hey dude, you couldn’t be anymore right. There are rules everywhere.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Joefinley/ Joefinley

    @ SleazyA-1…You bet it was. To me he was just a knucklehead, but a great artist though. And I second the idea about HIS mess.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zumbipalmares/ zumbipalmares

    Probaly Walt Disney which gets some of its toys made in Haiti bribed Haitian officials
    since Jean would more than likely increase the minium wage in Haiti something
    big business would hate.The Duvaliers enjoyed creating more mess maybe “Baby Doc”
    can make a song about how he stole millions from the Haitian People!!!!
    I recall ousted President Aristide was trying to improve things for the masses
    but certain rich Haitians & “foreign interests” didn’t want improvement of living
    for most Haitians.
    Why is Jean a knuckle head? A certain nation had a z-grade actor increase debt by more
    than a trillion not too long ago when he was president. What were Jeans criticisms of
    Aristide about? Did Aristide not make improvements fast enough?
    Oh wait he was “kidnapped”from office 2 times while President by the will of a large greedy neighbor.

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