The provisional electoral council of Haiti rejected Wyclef Jean’s presidential candidacy for the November 28 election.

The 40-year-old international hip-hop star, although popular in his home country, did not make it to the list of candidates approved by the electoral council to run for president of Haiti.

The Haiti provisional electoral council approved only 19 out of 34 considered candidates to run for the presidency.

Before the announcing of the list, U.N and Haitian Police guarded the provisional electoral council headquarters in Port-au-Prince as intense expectations raised over which of the 34 candidates would be in the list of approved candidates for the November elections.

Some officials feared that Jean’s and that of the other candidate’s exclusion from the list could bring up political tension and possibly, violence.

One of the key factors that caused Jean’s exclusion was that a candidate should have resided in Haiti for five consecutive years.

Wyclef Jean left Haiti with his family to live in New York at the age of 9 and started his music career in the United States presented argument and showed a “constant presence” said his lawyers.

Wyclef’s show of interest in Haitian politics gave the country’s widely unemployed youth to see him as a symbol of hope, sending an alarm to traditional Haitian politician.

Creole musical and youth groups already showed support for Jean. Posters saying, “Youth supports Youth” and “Wyclef means change” spread throughout the city.

The announcement of the list was made live on radio. The listeners remained calm, except for one man who screamed “viv, Wyclef jean!”

“It is not Clef who will lose. It’s an entire generation that will lose out,” said Lord Kinomorsa “King Kino” Divers, a slum activist, singer and Jean’s personal consultant.

“Clef will return to his beautiful home in New Jersey. The people in the tents, the people in misery, the people who have no jobs, they are the ones who will lose out. He came here with a good heart.”

Jean, despite being turned down by the Haiti provisional electoral council, said that he, with the help of youth and political groups would still be willing to work with any administration to help Haiti children.

“That’s something that we’re going to push on whether … I make it or not,” he said.