Jean's presidential bid stopped by residency requirement

Wyclef Jean has been stopped from becoming Haiti's president.

Wyclef Jean has been stopped from becoming Haiti's president.

He has failed to meet a legal requirement for candidacy, because he has not lived in the Caribbean country for five years.

It ends the musician's attempt to lead reconstruction attempts in the earthquake-ravaged nation.

Fifteen candidacies were rejected, out of 34.

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