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August 23, 2010

Haitian Authorities Release List of Qualified Presidential Candidates
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In Haiti, election authorities have released the names of nineteen
candidates who have qualified to run in the upcoming presidential
election. Candidates include former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, who was
held as a political prisoner for two years following the 2004 coup that
ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Fifteen candidates were rejected,
including the hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean, who said he plans to fight the
ruling. Jean did not meet the requirement that presidential candidates
have five consecutive years of residency in Haiti prior to the election.



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