Haiti’s provisional electoral council ruled today that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was not eligible to run as a presidential candidate for a November 28 election.
Singer-songwriter Jean, 40, an international celebrity who is popular in his impoverished and earthquake-ravaged homeland, was left off the list of approved candidates published by the council.
A council member told Reuters yesterday that Jean did not meet several of the legal requirements to stand in the November election to choose a successor to President Rene Preval, who cannot run again after two terms.
He was among 34 candidates considered by the electoral authority, which had postponed announcing the final list of approved candidates from Tuesday.
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