Former Fugee Wyclef Jean is planning to run for president of Haiti (full disclosure, I donated to Yele after the earthquake):
He will also have to field questions about his Yele Haiti charity, which raised more than $9 million after the quake. The organization was widely criticized for alleged financial irregularities after quake, when scrutiny revealed that it had paid Jean to perform at fundraising events and bought advertising air time from a television station he co-owns, among other suspected improprieties.
Yele hired a new accounting firm after the allegations surfaced.
"I think what he demonstrated in Yele was leadership. When a problem was brought to his attention he immediately dealt with it openly and transparently," Samuel Jean said.
At least they've got the spin part down. I guess I'm old fashioned in thinking that a country as poor as Haiti needs a president who understands economics, let alone basic accounting procedures.
