Showing posts with label Wyclef Jean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wyclef Jean. Show all posts

Sunday, July 31, 2016

Haiti Needs To Strengthen Legislation To Help With Earthquake Rebuilding Effort


"Clinton Cash" exposes the Clintons as outright criminals who ripped off Haiti after the massive 2010 earthquake
 
The island nation of Haiti needs to change its legislation to make it more difficult for people to financially exploit their country. The former President of Haiti, Francois Duvalier, misappropriated millions of dollars in state funds living lavishly on the people's money. When his son, Jean-Claude Duvalier became President of Haiti, he and his wife, Michele Bennett also misappropriated millions of dollars of state funds. When Jean-Claude fled Haiti due to an uprising, he and his wife absconded with state funds. The couple hastily moved to France and went their separate ways. 

Jean-Claude initially lived in a luxury hotel. However, his bills soon piled up. He fell on hard times and ended up moving in with a woman who supported him in her modest flat. However, his ex-wife Bennett and their children, who are now adults, have been living lavishly off a reported $94,000,000 in funds stolen from the Haitian people (taxpayers). Bennett should be legally forced (compelled) to turn over all the money to Haiti. The assets she purchased abroad with state money should also be seized, auctioned and given to the Haitian people.  

In 2010 a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake decimated much of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince. Over 200,000 people died. Many were buried in heartbreaking mass graves. It has been a humanitarian crisis of terrible proportions. The level of human loss and suffering is incalculable. Many rushed to help Haiti. However, some took advantage in acts that are cruel and wicked (all of you who did this, make no mistake, God is going to bring it right back around to you). 

Legislation should be passed through the proper channels in an effort to repatriate stolen funds and other assets that belong to the people of Haiti. Further legislation should be passed to lay out stiff criminal penalties to those who rip off the nation, to act as a deterrent and aid in insulating the country from such problems.


Michele Bennett and Jean Claude Duvalier
 
Haitian rapper, Wyclef Jean, raised and misappropriated $10,000,000 in charity donations that was meant for the island. The money was donated to Wyclef's Yele charity that was recently closed by the state of New Jersey, where he lives, over impropriety. Wyclef's assets and that of the charity should have been seized, liquidated and given to the people of Haiti. 

Over $13 billion dollars was donated to Haiti after the earthquake and was placed into a fund managed by former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his wife, current presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. The money was for a rebuilding effort, but billions of dollars have been misappropriated and Haiti's capital still needs to be rebuilt (see free documentary 'Clinton Cash' for details).

None of the aforementioned incidents over the past 30 years was fair to Haiti. There are people in Haiti whose homes were destroyed by the earthquake, with an estimated 200,000 still living in tent cities. There are poor and hungry people in Haiti who are suffering, as their lives were destroyed by the earthquake. All the stolen funds over the past thirty years, need to be repatriated to Haiti to rebuild the nation and feed the poor and hungry. Haiti has high poverty levels and needs the help.


Wyclef Jean
 
I remembered reading an article years ago about the late Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, that in addition to building homes locally for the poor of his nation, he also bought prefabricated homes from other nations. Since 2011 several hundred thousand homes were built under Chavez's Great Housing Mission drive, mostly for low income and poor families. Haiti needs something similar via a financial and construction drive to help solve the housing crisis that occurred due to the quake. Haiti also needs a stronger building code to help withstand natural disasters.

The Duvaliers squandered so much taxpayer money and foreign aid, after promising to build Cite Soleil for the poor. It is apparent the building code on the island needed revision from then to put the island's buildings on firmer foundation. Natural disasters happen everywhere. However, through science and technology some of the damage can be mitigated.

Just two days ago a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck the other side of the island Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic. Natural disasters are a fact of life. The world must do its best to build and prepare for them in the safest way possible.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Wyclef Jean's Yele Charity For Haiti Shut After Misappropriation Of $16,000,000 In Donations


Wyclef Jean

Rapper and former Fugees member, Wyclef Jean, has closed his Yele charity under a cloud of suspicion and a criminal investigation. Yele was supposed to benefit his homeland Haiti, but stands accused of misappropriating $16,000,000 in charity money donated to benefit victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. 

Instead the money went to luxury items such as private jets and high salaries for Yele's staff members, including Jean and his mistress. This story is sad, as $16,000,000 could have gone a far way to help Haitians that have been left destitute. Jean owes Haiti and Yele's donors a massive apology. 

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Wyclef Jean Slammed By Bob Marley's Son For Claiming Lauryn Hill Tricked Him Into Believing He Is The Father Of Her Child

 
Lauryn Hill
 
Wyclef Jean's new autobiography put former Fugees band mate Lauryn Hill's dirty laundry on display, slamming her for tricking him into believing he was the father of her son, Zion David. In actuality, athlete Rohan Marley, the son of Jamaican reggae legend, Bob Marley had fathered Hill's child and the two later had more children.

Hill knew Jean was married, but carried on an affair with him anyway, upsetting his long suffering wife. Hill even wrote songs about him. The affair ended the Grammy winning band, but not the speculation over what transpired between the two.

 
Wyclef Jean
 
Rohan Marley has slammed Jean's tawdry claims in the book. Marley stated Jean knew it was not his child and writing about it is a ploy to shift copies of the autobiography. Jean countered, if he had believed it was not his child, he would not have showed up at the hospital for the boy's birth.
It's kind of odd, both Hill and Jean are in trouble with the IRS. Hill for tax avoidance, upon which she is waiting sentencing regarding jail and Jean for stealing charity money from Yele, set up to collect funds for Haitian earthquake survivors.
  
Side Bar: seriously, if there is a dispute about paternity and a Marley is involved, it is safe to assume the dad is a Marley. Bob Marley had more kids than dreads on his head.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Wyclef Jean In Trouble Again As $10,000,000 Is Missing From His Yele Charity

Wyclef Jean

Rapper Wyclef Jean is facing public scrutiny again, as a detailed news report indicates $10,000,000 is missing from his Yele charity. Donations were collected in the name of Haiti earthquake victims. However, the majority of the money has not made it to Haiti at all.

It was discovered, significant sums of money were diverted to a non-existent construction company and an auto-repair shop run by Jean's brother-in-law in Miami, Florida. There are other miscellaneous expenditures not involving Haiti and additional discrepancies as well. Jean is under investigation by the IRS over his use of Yele charity funds.

Side Bar: Wyclef, Haiti needs the money. You need to liquidate all the items illegally bought with the charity funds and send Haiti every dollar and dime immediately.

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Monday, March 21, 2011

Wyclef Jean Shot In Haiti During Elections

Update: Police in Haiti are dismissing Jean's claims he was shot in the hand. They are contending his injury is not consistent with a gunshot wound and that he was cut by glass, as confirmed by a local doctor at the hospital. Something broke the glass of Jean's vehicle and he stated they heard gunshots before the alleged incident transpired.


Wyclef Jean

Rapper/singer, Wyclef Jean, who attempted to enter the presidential candidate field in Haiti's recent elections, but was ruled ineligible, due to failing to meet residency requirements, was shot in his homeland.

Jean resting in the hospital

Jean and fellow recording artist, Busta Rhymes, were driving in Haiti, when gunshots rang out. When Jean exited his vehicle, he noticed blood on his hands and clothes. The entertainer discovered a bullet had pierced his hand. Jean was taken to the hospital, where he received treatment.

Jean with blood pouring from his hand

Previously, Jean was the recipient of death threats, warning him to withdraw from the election's preliminary round and to leave Haiti (Wyclef Jean In Hiding After Death Threats). His charity has also been the subject of bad publicity, due to financial impropriety.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Rahm Emanuel's Mayoral Campaign Off To A Bad Start


Rahm Emanuel: uh oh!

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chief-of-Staff of President, Barack Obama, is off to a bad start in his bid to become the mayor of Chicago, Illinois. Not only does he not meet the residency requirements of having lived in the city for one year leading up to the election (see Wyclef Jean), he filmed his, "I’m glad to be home in Chicago" speech in Washington, DC.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Wyclef Jean Sues Haiti For The Right To Run


Wyclef Jean

Fugees rapper, Wyclef Jean, is suing the Haitian government, for rejecting him as a potential presidential candidate in the upcoming election. Jean failed to meet the Constitutional requirement, of being a resident of Haiti, for five consecutive years, prior to the election. Jean has now resorted to wasting Haitian taxpayer money, to essentially fight the nation's Constitution, as he has not abided by the rules.

What Jean needs to do is actually move to Haiti and live there for years, study politics and then apply during the next election, if he is determined to run. However, there's still the question of his character, as he is currently under investigation in America, for misappropriating tax-free charity money he collected through his charity Yele, which was meant to help the Haiti people, but has helped Jean more than anything. There are other more suitable candidates.

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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Wyclef Jean Ruled Ineligible To Be Haiti's President


Wyclef Jean

Fugees frontman, rapper Wyclef Jean, has been deemed ineligible to become an official candidate for President of Haiti, after having failed to meet the Constitutional requirements. Jean, a resident of New Jersey, in the United States of America, has not lived in Haiti for 5-years before the election, ruling him out as a possible candidate. His campaign received much criticism from family, friends, Haitians, Haitian-Americans and prominent people on the island.

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Wyclef Jean In Hiding After Death Threats

Wyclef Jean

Fugees rapper, Wyclef Jean, has gone into hiding in his native Haiti, after receiving a death threat, ordering him to leave the island or else. This has placed a dent in Jean's floundering Presidential campaign bid, where many, from Miss Haiti to his own family, have publicly stated, he is not right for the position.

He is also faced with an eligibility issue, under the Haitian Constitution, which dictates, one must have lived on the island for five consecutive years, prior to becoming an official presidential candidate. A decision is expected tomorrow regarding his eligibility.

Another item of note is increased press scrutiny, regarding Jean's Yele charity, which was painfully exposed in the New York Times, for not truly helping the people of Haiti, after having raised $10,500,000 for earthquake relief. Jean should donate all the money raised to the people of Haiti. It is the right thing to do, in the face of the devastation the earthquake created.

The Judiciary Report wishes the people of Haiti well. I pray you will find a President and government cabinet capable of meeting the monumental task of rebuilding the capital, to house the staggering number of homeless, after January's earthquake.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Miss Haiti: Wyclef Jean Is An Unsuitable Candidate


Miss Haiti Sarodj Bertin

Beautiful, Miss Haiti, Sarodj Bertin, has publicly stated, singer Wyclef Jean, who is running for President of the island nation, is not suitable for the job. Bertin, who is a lawyer by trade, stated, “I really admire Wyclef, he’s a great singer and a really recognized Haitian artist – but I do not know if he’s going to arrive to his political objectives. After the earthquake, we need someone that really knows this position and has studied politics, and really knows Haitian society. We’re not in a place right now where we can just try people out. If Wyclef thinks he has the capacity then maybe he can arrive, I wish him good luck, but I we need to look at really moving the country forward politically.”

She is correct in her assessment. Haiti is in the worst shape it has ever been, due to January's devastating earthquake. The situation in Haiti can be somewhat likened to the flood crisis in Pakistan, in that their next head of state, has to be the absolute best their country has to offer, to undertake the massive rebuilding and reorganization effort required to return their respective nations to some semblance of normality.

It is not your average election, as it has come at the most crucial point in Haiti's history and Jean is not the best man for the job. He has many problems of his own, financial and otherwise, necessitating someone with a greater knowledge of Haiti's problems and the understanding of how to remedy them, be elected to office. The New York Times has also uncovered serious problems with Jean's Yele charity in Haiti (Star's Hopes to Lead Haiti Draw New Scrutiny). Haiti needs someone that can get the job done. One should not vote on sentiment, but sense.

Side Bar: The people of Haiti should also take Bill Clinton up on his offer, of any rebuilding assistance he can provide, as he has knowledge of dealing with government crisis. Just keep him away from any nubile Haitian government interns and everything should be fine.

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Stars Making A Mockery Of Politics

Levi Johnston Running For Mayor Of Wasilla


Levi Johnston

More pop culture figures are making a mockery of politics. Levi Johnston, the young man that impregnated the underage daughter of former Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, has thrown his hat into the political ring. He is running for Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, with no qualification to do so.

Bristol Palin recently broke off her engagement to Levi Johnston, who betrayed her

It was done purely for publicity and shall detract from the real issues and potential candidates that need to be taken seriously, in honest bids at helping the public, via politics.

Wyclef Jean

Singer and New Jersey resident, Wyclef Jean, owes the IRS and local government, over $4 million in taxes and is the subject of a federal investigation, for misappropriating several hundred thousands dollars, of the $2 million he collected under his charity, Yele. This money was solely for the people of Haiti. Angelina Jolie assisted him in raising money for Yele.

Wyclef has announced he is running for President of Haiti, to much opposition from family and friends, such as cousin and former Fugees bandmate, Pras and actor, Sean Penn. He is unsuitable and ill-prepared for the post.

He could not handle $2 million in what was intended to be public funds, therefore, how is he going to be a suitable steward of $20 billion in pledged earthquake rebuilding money. This is in addition to the national budget and at the most challenging time in Haiti's history, where the government must embark on the massive undertaking of rebuilding a large, quake-demolished, metropolitan city.

Hollywood really fools its denizens into thinking they are doctors, lawyers, scientists and politicians, without the necessary skill for undertaking said posts. It is real life - not a movie set or album, where one can pretend. So many Hollywood types end up causing injury to innocent people in this manner.

It is plain arrogant and self-serving and most celebrities know they don't have the first clue, regarding the aforementioned professions. Furthermore, anyone taking office during these financially and socially challenging times, better have a brilliant mind or their constituency will suffer.

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston

I was raised in two environments - one of music and the other politics. My dad has been very active in his political party, charities and social work for decades and he taught me much. It was a constant theme in my upbringing. I'm also related to two Prime Ministers, with numerous family members having held other government jobs over the years. My family also knows a number of politicians and government workers, we are not related to.

Therefore, I've seen what real politicians go through and from an early age I realized, politics is not a joke. It determines the course of many people's daily lives, regarding the quality of government services they receive - from the amount of taxes you pay, to where your child goes to school.

It entails tight budgets, setting tax policies and overseeing collection, ensuring government workers' salaries are properly paid, job creation for the masses, tackling crime rates and security issues, emergency preparedness plans, maintaining and improving infrastructure, creating social programs to uplift the public, improving educational standards and schools, fostering healthy international relations and not to mention, reading and signing massive reams of documents that one must fully comprehend and absorb, often in a short space of time. Good politicians often have to produce much on very limited resources as well.

Sarah Palin, the former Governor of Alaska, is being mocked by Levi Johnston, the father of her grandchild, during his mayoral run.

Therefore, the Judiciary Report is tired of celebrities making light of politics, during their ego and power trips, when in actuality, 99.9% of stars would make terrible politicians and do more harm than good. Many celebrities have engaged in financially dubious misconduct and seek to live quite lavishly on other people's money. These are not good traits to have in politics, as you will end up damaging yourself and the public.

True politics is about sacrifice, self-denial, discipline, ingenuity and purpose. Donning a suit and spouting off an unoriginal speech for self-gain, while there are people in this world suffering, needing help, is not amusing or appropriate, as it makes a mockery of the entire political process and its real purpose.

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