Haïti-Elections
19 candidats retenus pour les présidentielles de novembre
Eviction de Wyclef Jean pour cause de résidence ; le célèbre rappeur fait partie des 15 aspirants que le CEP a décidé d’écarter de la course
vendredi 20 août 2010,
Radio Kiskeya
(Read the original article here)
La candidature aux présidentielles haïtiennes de la star internationale du hip-hop, Wyclef Jean, 40 ans, a été rejetée par le Conseil électoral provisoire (CEP), selon la liste définitive des compétiteurs habilités à participer aux élections rendue publique vendredi soir et sur laquelle figurent 19 des 34 prétendants qui s’étaient fait inscrire.
Voici la liste complète des candidats agréés et autorisés à faire campagne en vue des présidentielles du 28 novembre :
1.- Axan Abellard, Konbit Nasyonal pou Devlopman Ayiti (KNDA)
2.- Jacques-Edouard Alexis, Mobilisation pour le Progrès d’Haïti (MPH), ancien Premier ministre de René Préval (1998-2001 et 2006-2008)
3.- Jean Hector Anacacis, Mouvement pour le Développement de la Jeunesse Haïtienne (MODEJHA), Sénateur de l’ouest
4.- Charles Henry Baker, Respè
5.- Josette Bijoux, Indépendante, ancienne ministre de la santé publique (2004-2006)
6.- Gérard Blot, Plateforme 16 Décembre
7.- Jean Henry Céant, Renmen Ayiti
8.- Jude Célestin, INITE, ex-directeur général du Centre national des équipements (CNE)
9.- Eric Charles, Parti de l’Evolution Nationale Haïtienne (PENH), ancien directeur de la douane de Port-au-Prince
10.- Yves Cristalin, Oganizasyon Lavni, ministre des affaires sociales encore en fonction
11.- Mirlande Hyppolite Manigat, Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP), ancienne Sénatrice
12.- Garaudy Laguerre, Wozo
13.- Michel Martelly alias "Sweet Micky", Repons Peyizan
14.- Yvon Neptune, Ayisyen pou Ayiti, ex-Premier ministre de Jean-Bertrand Aristide (2003-2004)
15.- Wilson Jeudy, Force 2010, actuel maire de Delmas (banlieue nord-est de Port-au-Prince)
16.- Pasteur Chavannes Jeune, ACCRHA
17.- Leslie Voltaire, Ansanm Nou Fò, ex-ministre des haïtiens vivant à l’étranger et de l’éducation nationale
18.- Léon Jeune, Konbit Liberasyon Ekonomik (KLE), ancien secrétaire d’Etat à la sécurité publique
19.- Génard Joseph, Groupement Solidarité
Exclu de la compétition pour n’avoir pas résidé cinq années consécutivement en Haïti, comme l’exige la constitution, Jeannel Wyclef Jean, qui tentait de se présenter à la magistrature suprême sous la bannière du parti "Viv Ansanm" (Vivre Ensemble), se trouve en tête des quinze candidats évincés parmi lesquels on compte également l’oncle du chanteur, Raymond Alcide Joseph, ex-ambassadeur d’Haïti à Washington, la mairesse de Pétion-Ville (banlieue est de la capitale), Claire Lydie Parent, Dr Kesler Dalmacy, un médecin très connu dans la communauté haïtienne de New York, Lavarice Gaudin, activiste Lavalas de la Floride, et l’homme d’affaires Charles Voight.
Toutes les décisions de l’institution électorale sont sans appel et ne peuvent par conséquent faire l’objet d’aucun recours, selon la législation en vigueur. spp/Radio Kiskeya
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wyclef Jean Barred From Haiti Election
August 20, 2010
Wyclef Jean Barred From Haiti Election
By DEBORAH SONTAG
The New York Times
(Read the original article here)
Haiti’s electoral council announced late Friday evening that Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born hip-hop star, had been disqualified as a candidate for president of his earthquake-shattered homeland.
No explanation was given. A spokesman for the council, Richardson Dumel, facing reporters who had been standing vigil at the election bureau all day, read a list of 19 presidential aspirants deemed eligible and 15, including Mr. Jean, whose candidacy had been rejected.
But in a statement, Mr. Jean said he was rejected because he did not meet the requirement of having lived in Haiti for five consecutive years before the Nov. 28 elections. Born in Haiti, Mr. Jean left as a child for the United States and now, based in New Jersey, travels often to his homeland.
The statement said his heart was heavy but that he accepted the decision and urged his followers to do the same.
“We must all honor the memories of those we’ve lost — whether in the earthquake, or at anytime — by responding peacefully and responsibly to this disappointment,” the statement said.
Tensions had been building throughout the day after the council’s decision to reject Mr. Jean was leaked late Thursday but not confirmed. Hundreds of Mr. Jean’s passionate supporters had rallied in the Delmas area of the capital, chanting, “We want Clef, Clef is Haiti and Haiti is for Clef.”
The police and United Nations peacekeeping troops prepared for the possibility of unrest after a rejection of Mr. Jean’s bid.
The electoral council waited until long after darkness had fallen to issue its list of approved presidential candidates, originally due Tuesday. And it did so in at its Pétionville bureau, and not at the office in Delmas where the crowds had gathered.
Afterward, Mr. Jean, who had been waiting at a nearby hotel to hold a news conference after the announcement, reportedly left the area to return to his hometown of Laserre, outside Port-au-Prince.
His short-lived candidacy, announced in the first week of August, had electrified Haiti and drawn global attention back to the beleaguered country. It also drew scrutiny to the musician’s charity, Yéle Haiti, and questions about Mr. Jean’s ability to take on the enormous task of helping Haiti recover and rebuild.
All Friday, the Haitian news media discussed the possibility that Mr. Jean would be disqualified. But Mr. Jean issued periodic messages on Twitter on Friday suggesting that the final decision had not been made and that he, too, was in a state of suspense.
“We await the decision of the Electoral Council, to see if I made the list as a candidate,” one message said. “As it is written so shall it be done!”
For a couple of days, Mr. Jean had isolated himself in a family home in Laserre, saying he had received death threats and felt safer there. On Thursday afternoon, he ventured out to see President René Préval, prompting speculation that the departing president was asking Mr. Jean to prevail upon his followers to accept whatever decision the electoral council made.
On Friday, Mr. Jean sent a message to his supporters urging calm, Haitian radio stations reported. He also posted photographs on Twitter of his meeting with the president: “This is another pic of me n President René Préval from Yesterday’s Meeting. Very positive. Smiles all the way.”
The candidates approved to run for the presidency of Haiti include: Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady and university administrator; Yvon Neptune, a former prime minister; Leslie Voltaire, an architect active in reconstruction planning; and Michel Martelly, a musician known as Sweet Micky.
The electoral council was supposed to issue its list of approved presidential candidates on Tuesday, but it delayed that move in order to scrutinize the eligibility not just of Mr. Jean but of many others in the field of 34 contenders.
The decision on whether to eliminate Mr. Jean was considered the most delicate, however. Despite his lack of political experience, Mr. Jean had been considered a potential front-runner from the moment he announced his candidacy in the first week of August. At that time, he described himself as having been “drafted” to run by the youth of Haiti.
“I didn’t create this hurricane, this tsunami you’re feeling in the last couple of days,” he said in an interview before announcing his candidacy.
In an interview this month, Mr. Jean said he believed he met the eligibility requirements for a presidential candidate. He said he never abandoned his Haitian citizenship; he holds a Haitian passport and an American green card, or legal permanent residency.
He also said he should not be disqualified on the basis of the residency requirement because he is a good-will ambassador for Haiti, appointed by Mr. Préval with a mandate to rove the world.
Vladimir Laguerre contributed reporting from Pétionville, Haiti.
Wyclef Jean Barred From Haiti Election
By DEBORAH SONTAG
The New York Times
(Read the original article here)
Haiti’s electoral council announced late Friday evening that Wyclef Jean, the Haitian-born hip-hop star, had been disqualified as a candidate for president of his earthquake-shattered homeland.
No explanation was given. A spokesman for the council, Richardson Dumel, facing reporters who had been standing vigil at the election bureau all day, read a list of 19 presidential aspirants deemed eligible and 15, including Mr. Jean, whose candidacy had been rejected.
But in a statement, Mr. Jean said he was rejected because he did not meet the requirement of having lived in Haiti for five consecutive years before the Nov. 28 elections. Born in Haiti, Mr. Jean left as a child for the United States and now, based in New Jersey, travels often to his homeland.
The statement said his heart was heavy but that he accepted the decision and urged his followers to do the same.
“We must all honor the memories of those we’ve lost — whether in the earthquake, or at anytime — by responding peacefully and responsibly to this disappointment,” the statement said.
Tensions had been building throughout the day after the council’s decision to reject Mr. Jean was leaked late Thursday but not confirmed. Hundreds of Mr. Jean’s passionate supporters had rallied in the Delmas area of the capital, chanting, “We want Clef, Clef is Haiti and Haiti is for Clef.”
The police and United Nations peacekeeping troops prepared for the possibility of unrest after a rejection of Mr. Jean’s bid.
The electoral council waited until long after darkness had fallen to issue its list of approved presidential candidates, originally due Tuesday. And it did so in at its Pétionville bureau, and not at the office in Delmas where the crowds had gathered.
Afterward, Mr. Jean, who had been waiting at a nearby hotel to hold a news conference after the announcement, reportedly left the area to return to his hometown of Laserre, outside Port-au-Prince.
His short-lived candidacy, announced in the first week of August, had electrified Haiti and drawn global attention back to the beleaguered country. It also drew scrutiny to the musician’s charity, Yéle Haiti, and questions about Mr. Jean’s ability to take on the enormous task of helping Haiti recover and rebuild.
All Friday, the Haitian news media discussed the possibility that Mr. Jean would be disqualified. But Mr. Jean issued periodic messages on Twitter on Friday suggesting that the final decision had not been made and that he, too, was in a state of suspense.
“We await the decision of the Electoral Council, to see if I made the list as a candidate,” one message said. “As it is written so shall it be done!”
For a couple of days, Mr. Jean had isolated himself in a family home in Laserre, saying he had received death threats and felt safer there. On Thursday afternoon, he ventured out to see President René Préval, prompting speculation that the departing president was asking Mr. Jean to prevail upon his followers to accept whatever decision the electoral council made.
On Friday, Mr. Jean sent a message to his supporters urging calm, Haitian radio stations reported. He also posted photographs on Twitter of his meeting with the president: “This is another pic of me n President René Préval from Yesterday’s Meeting. Very positive. Smiles all the way.”
The candidates approved to run for the presidency of Haiti include: Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady and university administrator; Yvon Neptune, a former prime minister; Leslie Voltaire, an architect active in reconstruction planning; and Michel Martelly, a musician known as Sweet Micky.
The electoral council was supposed to issue its list of approved presidential candidates on Tuesday, but it delayed that move in order to scrutinize the eligibility not just of Mr. Jean but of many others in the field of 34 contenders.
The decision on whether to eliminate Mr. Jean was considered the most delicate, however. Despite his lack of political experience, Mr. Jean had been considered a potential front-runner from the moment he announced his candidacy in the first week of August. At that time, he described himself as having been “drafted” to run by the youth of Haiti.
“I didn’t create this hurricane, this tsunami you’re feeling in the last couple of days,” he said in an interview before announcing his candidacy.
In an interview this month, Mr. Jean said he believed he met the eligibility requirements for a presidential candidate. He said he never abandoned his Haitian citizenship; he holds a Haitian passport and an American green card, or legal permanent residency.
He also said he should not be disqualified on the basis of the residency requirement because he is a good-will ambassador for Haiti, appointed by Mr. Préval with a mandate to rove the world.
Vladimir Laguerre contributed reporting from Pétionville, Haiti.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean visit Haiti city in ruins
Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean visit Haiti city in ruins
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) — Cries of adulation — and hunger — followed Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean and actor Matt Damon as they toured flood-ravaged Gonaives on Sunday to call attention to widespread suffering in the marooned city.
Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike submerged the Haitian city and cut off roadways. Where waters have receded, streets remain a stinking mud bath and homes are carpeted with muck and encrusted pots, pans and laundry.
"I'm speechless, I can't believe it," said Damon, looking down from a U.N. helicopter at people living on the rooftops of flooded homes.
The four-hour visit passed in a blur of stenches, colors and noise. A man on a bicycle tried to keep up with Damon and Jean's truck, shouting, "I love you, Wyclef." Jean raised his hand, but couldn't smile back.
"It's inhumane. I wish there was a word in the dictionary. No human should be living like this," said Jean, who became famous through his Grammy-winning band, The Fugees, and later emerged as a solo artist.
As they turned onto the flooded Rue Christophe, another pickup packed with women sloshed within arm's reach. Face-to-face with the celebrities, the women cried, "We're hungry!" A young man calf-deep in water raised both arms and shouted, "Fix our roads. Fix our city!"
Damon and Jean encouraged help for the United Nations to raise more than US$100 million for 800,000 Haitians in need after four tropical storms and hurricanes have struck the country since mid-August.
Jean's Yele Haiti charity is helping the World Food Program and the Organization of American States-affiliated Pan American Development Foundation distribute food to 3,000 families. The convoy visited a school shelter Sunday to hand out cooking oil and bags of beans.
Proud and tumultuous Gonaives is where Haiti declared independence from France in 1804 as the world's first black republic. Bloody 1985 protests led to the downfall of the father-son Duvalier dictatorship and in 2004 a deadly march fomented the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Fears that unrest is simmering here has led U.N. officials to distribute food at night under Argentine soldiers' guard. Haitian officials have discussed building new settlements for vulnerable residents above the current city.
Once emergency aid started arriving four days after the storm, the U.N. agencies began ratcheting up food distributions to reach as many as 12,000 people a day. More than 120,000 people are in shelters in the Artibonite region, which includes Gonaives, desperate for water and food, the Haitian government reported.
Damon and Jean waded through knee-deep floodwaters and climbed a stage outside the Gonaives cathedral, where 500 people have taken refuge in the choir gallery.
The pair did not go into the cathedral, but Jean sang for a few minutes to a crowd outside. When he later tried to leave, people swept him into the streets. Admirers, some asking for money, clung to U.N. trucks as they drove away.
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