HAITI | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Hip-hop Jean's legacy in Haiti: focusing on country's youth After days of examining applications, a list of 19 people eligible to run for president was released. Wyclef Jean's presidential bid rejected Video of Wyclef Jean moments before his bid for president of Haiti was rejected. Miami Herald Staff Wyclef Jean's presidential bid rejected Presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean leaves the Kinam Hotel in Petionville, Port-au-Prince just before it is officially announced that his candidacy was rejected, Friday Aug. 20, 2010. PETER ANDREW BOSCH By JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PETIONVILLE, Haiti -- Alexis and Manigat, the former first lady, are professors and founders of the private Quisqueya University in the capital. But even as youth remain a factor, it will not be an easy political ride to the presidency. Only one-third of the population resides in Port-au-Prince and there is still debate on whether the urban youth here is much different from those in rural communities. How important of a player a perennial candidate like Chavannes Jeune, a popular pastor in Haiti's protestant and peasant movement, remains a factor. Also lingering is what role will Fanmi Lavalas -- the party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- play in the elections. Even though the party could not participate in the election under its own banner because of internal conflicts, at least a dozen former Lavalas party members threw their names into the race and at least half made the final cut. The official exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas as a political party has been a point of contention among international supporters and within the ranks of the now-splintered group. While some have interpreted it to mean the death of the political party, others say the philosophy of the movement tout moun se moun (everybody is somebody), which the party used, remains relevant in the Haitian political drama. ``Lavalas was never a party. It was a movement, which is now in deep crisis and divided among distinct factions led by some of its old barons,'' said Robert Fatton, a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia. ``They all want the Lavalas vote without appealing to Aristide. So, yes, Lavalas as we knew it is dying a slow death.'' Now the real drama begins as candidates fight over the same base, and also battle to remain relevant by the time the Nov. 28 presidential election arrives. ``I still see these elections as being critical to providing Haiti a sense of continuity and recovery from the earthquake, and moving forward to what everybody seems to believe is a very solid action plan for recovery,'' Maguire said. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/21/1785758/wyclef-jean-cant-run-for-president.html?story_link=email_msg#ixzz0xIlQQVf0 ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)