LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Wyclef Jean cannot run for President of Haiti. Jean accepted the decision given late Friday by Haiti election officials even though Jean disagreed with it. He later issued the following statement to news:

“Though I disagree with the ruling, I respectfully accept the committee’s final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same.

“I want to assure my countrymen that I will continue to work for Haiti’s renewal; though the board has determined that I am not a resident of Haiti, home is where the heart is — and my heart has and will always be in Haiti.”

There are 19 candidates approved to run for the presidency on November 28. The question remains if Jean will support any of those candidates. Election officials also ruled that Raymond Joseph, Jean’s uncle and the country’s ambassador to the U.S., is not eligible to run.

Approved candidates include Jude Celestin and Michel Martelly, singer of the song “Sweet Mickey.”

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PHOTOS! Lisa Ellis – Wyclef Jean’s former manager- says allegations of her online leaked photos are false. Lisa Ellis pics swirling online are not what they seem explains Ellis to Page Six.

“I regret that people chose to leak things and make up stories” says Ellis of what’s happening today.

Lisa Ellis says that people are taking art photos for a book, taken nearly two years ago, and putting them online today with the allegation that those old photos are new and had something to do with her employment.

Ellis says these were art photos taken by artist Marc Baptiste nearly two years ago and had nothing to do with her recent end of working with Jean.

“That photograph was taken for a book. Someone somehow got ahold of it and is now using it against me. I quit being Wyclef’s manager just because I don’t like the way he does business. The photo has nothing to do with anything, but now there’s this completely made-up, falsified story about it” .

Wyclef had no comment.

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Text “Yele” to 501501 to donate to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Aid. Text Yele to 501501 will donate $5 or you can visit Yele.org and click “DONATE”.

Wyclef Jean founded Yéle Haiti five years ago. Yele is a “grassroots movement builds global awareness for Haiti while helping to transform the country through programs in education, sports, the arts and environment.” The word means “a cry for freedom.”

Jean was born in Haiti in 1972 and move to Brooklyn at age 9, as profiled on CNN today. He wrote recently that most people there make less than $1 a day will unemployment over 80% of the population.

Says Jean:

“The majority of its 8 million residents live on less than $1 per day. Unemployment is close to 80 percent, and more than half the population is under 21 years old. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.”

Online: yele.org

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LALATE has for you Akon’s “Freedom” tracklisting. Below are the track listings for Akon’s new album Freedom that drops November 25th.

Freedom features Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, T-Pain, and Wyclef Jean.

1. “I’m So Paid” featuring Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy
2. “Right Now (Na Na Na)”
3. “Trouble Maker”
4. “We Don’t Care”
5. “Go Go Dancer”
6. “Holla Holla” featuring T-Pain
7. “Against the Grain” featuring Ray Lavender
8. “Be With You”
9. “I Love It”
10. “Where Would We Go”
11. “Birthmark”
12. “Freedom”
13. “Sunny Day” featuring Wyclef Jean

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