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"Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has praised Wyclef Jean&amp;#039;s political aspirations and Haitian presidential bid, saying that he has shown &amp;quot;an unbelievable amount of bravery&amp;quot;. Jean announced in August that he would stand for office in Haiti&amp;#039;s presidential election, committing himself to rebuilding his native country following last year&amp;#039;s devastating earthquake. However, the Fugees star&amp;#039;s campaign was halted when it was announced that he would not be eligible to be nominated. Speaking to NME, Wire said: &amp;quot;I thought it showed an unbelievable amount of bravery for him to even try that. I can&amp;#039;t think of a harder job in the f**king world. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t see him doing that - with all the baggage that comes with it - for a publicity stunt. Even I&amp;#039;m not that cynical. I wouldn&amp;#039;t have the balls to do that in f**king Wales, let alone a country like Haiti, which has so much potential but is also in such deep, deep trouble. &amp;quot;People can say what they like about it, but I think he did it from the heart. It&amp;#039;s not like throwing a charity record together; it&amp;#039;s a truly impossible job.&amp;quot; Wire recently blasted the apolitical nature of most current bands. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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