Wyclef Jean In Hiding after Death Threats
Haitian-born hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean is in hiding after receiving death threats.
Jean and other would-be candidates are waiting for permission to run in Haiti’s presidential election in November.
According to a source , the threats asked Jean to leave the country. He is said to be currently hiding in a another Caribbean country nearby.
There have been questions as to whether the artist meets the requirements of candidacy.
“We await the CEP decision but the laws of the Haitian constitution must be respected,” he said.
Haiti’s constitution requires candidates to have lived in the country for the five consecutive years before the election.
According to Jean, his appointment as an ambassador by President Rene Preval in 2007 exempts him from the residency requirement.
The CEP had been expected to publish the list of candidates on Tuesday but spokesman Richardson Dumel said the eligibility requirements of a number of candidates were still under review.
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