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I cannot surrender now, simply because an obstacle has been set before me. WYCLEF JEAN, rapper, vowing to fight the declaration by Haiti’s board of elections that he is ineligible to run for President in the country’s November election.
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010

Open quoteI have chosen to end my bid for the presidency of Haiti.Close quote

  • WYCLEF JEAN,
  • hip-hop star, a month after his candidacy was formally rejected by Haitian authorities; he says he will instead focus on his new album, If I Were President: The Haitian Experience
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