Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Wyclef Jean disqualified: Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean can’t run for president of Haiti, the country’s election council has ruled. The council said that Jean, who grew up in the U.S., has not lived in Haiti for the requisite five consecutive years before the election. Jean vowed to appeal, saying the council had used “trickery” to bar him. “Are you going to continue to support people who do not respect the fundamental law of the country?” he said in a message to supporters. It’s unclear to whom Jean can officially appeal, since in eligibility matters there is no higher authority than the election council.
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