Xpost from LBN: Sean Penn questions Wyclef's bid to run Haiti

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Sean Penn questions Wyclef's bid to run Haiti
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Sean Penn questions Wyclef's bid to run Haiti
http://www.france24.com/en/20100806-sean-penn-questions-wyclefs-bid-run-haiti

AFP - Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn poured cold water on Wyclef Jean's bid for the Haitian presidency on Wednesday, questioning the motives of the musician and those backing his campaign.

Penn, who has spent extended periods in Haiti since the devastating January 12 earthquake, told CNN in an interview that Jean had been a "non-presence" during efforts to rebuild the state in the months since the disaster.

"He has been virtually silent for those of us in Haiti, he has been a non-presence," said Penn, who has been running a 55,000-person tent camp through the J/P Haitian Relief Organization he co-founded.
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"His voice has really been most loudly that which allegedly has taken over 400,000 dollars designated for Haitian relief for himself and claims he didn't do it," Penn said. "That has to be looked into."