{"id":14269,"date":"2010-07-30T09:36:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=14269"},"modified":"2010-07-30T11:47:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T15:47:18","slug":"story-of-interest-singer-takes-first-legal-steps-to-contesting-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/story-of-interest-singer-takes-first-legal-steps-to-contesting-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"STORY OF INTEREST: Singer takes first legal steps to contesting presidential elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_14270\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><strong><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/wyclef_jean300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14270\" title=\"wyclef_jean300\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/wyclef_jean300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/wyclef_jean300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/wyclef_jean300-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/wyclef_jean300-84x113.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><strong>Wyclef Jean. Photo credit:\u00a0 www.honeymag.com<\/strong><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC \u2013 <\/strong>Internationally-renowned singer Wyclef Jean has taken legal steps toward contesting the presidential elections in Haiti later this year.<\/p>\n<p>But the Grammy award singer told reporters he is not sure whether or not he will run to replace President Rene Preval in the elections in November.<\/p>\n<p>Jean said he is qualified to run for Haiti&#8217;s highest office and was here to meet with his lawyers and have his fingerprints taken by the judicial police as part of the legal process of preparing to contest the polls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I basically come out to Haiti today because it was important that I do my fingerprints,&#8221; Jean said prior to boarding a flight back to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of rumors that I am running for president. I have not declared that. If we decide to move forward, I am pretty sure that we have all our paperwork straight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for candidates to register is August 7. Jean, 37, said he would take his decision with his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a family, we must decide on what we&#8217;re going to do because it is a big sacrifice,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>There is much speculation that Jean, who is very popular among Haitians, particularly the young, will announce his position on television in the United States next week.<\/p>\n<p>The founding member of the hip-hop trio The Fugees, established the Yele Haiti Foundation in 2005 to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>ON January 12 this year, a powerful earthquake struck the French Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country killing more than 300,000 people and leaving more than one million others homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Jean said that Haiti&#8217;s future rested on education, job creation and investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wyclef Jean. 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