Just because Wyclef Jean can’t be President of Haiti doesn’t mean that he’s giving up on being such a preachy person. Sources are confirming that the hip hop singer has accepted a position as a visiting fellow at Rhode Island’s Brown University. For the upcoming school year, Wyclef will be enlightening minds in the African Studies department in a position he says will give him a chance to have “a period of learning and reflection”. Wyclef’s primary objective is to talk about his work with the Haiti Initiative charity organization. Maybe he could enroll in some political science classes while he’s at it so he can have some background for when he wants to run for the presidency again.
While some would think that the people of Haiti would be in love with the idea of having a high-profile president, Wyclef Jean has been receiving countless death threats from people insisting that he retract his bid for the presidency. The hip hop singer is dealing with it though, saying “In the past couple of days we have received a few death threats. Just for our safety we came to an area we feel is secured – that is my town. We’re in an area where we’re comfortable, the area where we were at before, we weren’t comfortable. We know this situation we’ve embarked on, death threats come with the territory. But beyond that it’s not about all those negative information.” It’s a bust anyway as Wyclef was deemed ineligible to run by the electoral committee.
Haiti’s electoral commission is postponing its ruling regarding who will be allowed to run for President of the country. That means that Wyclef Jean’s candidacy status is still in limbo. The hip hop singer turned wannabe politician said “We await the CEP decision but the laws of the Haitian Constitution must be respected.” In addition to the stress he must be feeling with this bit of news, Wyclef also disclosed that he’s been receiving death threats. Do you think they will let him run for President or will they nix his candidacy due to his lack of any background in politics?
