Wyclef Jean Refuses to Give Up Presidential Candidacy

Published December 08, 2015

Aug. 20: Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, right, exits a hotel room after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his presidential candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday. (AP)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Hip-hop singer Wyclef 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."

Jean's candidacy was rejected by the country's elections board Friday.

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