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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wyclef-jean-backs-martelly-campaign.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly, right, and Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-wyclef-jean-backs-martelly-campaign.jpg" alt="Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly, right, and Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean has endorsed the candidacy of popular carnival singer Michel &#8220;Sweet Micky&#8221; Martelly in his bid to become the next president of Haiti.</p>
<p>The former Fugees frontman, whose own presidential campaign was rejected by election officials last year, said he decided to endorse his friend because he is technologically savvy and has a charismatic personality that will &#8220;help raise money with the donors&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;My endorsement is not based on the fact he&#8217;s just my friend. That would have been an emotional thing,&#8221; Jean said after making his announcement on Wednesday evening at a hotel in Port-au-Prince.</p>
<p>Mr Martelly, who finished second in November&#8217;s presidential election, faces Mirlande Manigat, a 70-year-old former first lady, in a March 20 run-off critical to Haiti&#8217;s post-earthquake reconstruction.</p>
<p>Mr Martelly flanked Jean during his endorsement and thanked the Grammy Award winner, who is an influential figure in the poor Caribbean country of his birth.</p>
<p>Born on the outskirts of Haiti&#8217;s capital, Jean grew up in New York and lives in New Jersey.</p>
<p>Jean said he plans on campaigning with Martelly during the next month. He said he would not seek a government position in a Martelly administration.</p>
<p>Mr Martelly last year secured the endorsement of Jean&#8217;s former Fugees bandmate Pras Michel during Jean&#8217;s own candidacy to become the successor to outgoing president Rene Preval,</p>
<p>Official campaigning for the run-off election, originally planned for January, has begun. </p>
<p>The final vote count and the naming of Haiti&#8217;s next president is not expected until April 16.</p>
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