Jean not ready to give up yet

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 8/22/10 — Wyclef Jean is no longer in the running for Haiti’s presidential election in November, according to an electoral official. The reason for Jean’s snubbing: The celebrity singer-songwriter did not fully meet the requirements, including the fact that he doesn’t have a primary residence in Haiti. “He is not on the list as I speak,” an electoral official told Reuters. Thirty-four contenders, including Jean, filed documents to run for the Haitian presidency this month. Jean has yet to make an official comment.

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.”

(LBN)