The Haitian-American musician discusses his part in the Haiti relief effort.

Singer Wyclef Jean is considering a spread for president of Haiti but has not decided whether to court a five-year term as leader of the quake-ravaged commonwealth, the musician’s family said Monday.

There have been rumors for some time the Haitian-born entertainer might enter the 2010 presidential argue, ever since his 2007 appointment as ambassador-at-large for the Caribbean population by President Rene Preval, who cannot seek re-election.

In a recital e-mailed to reporters, the family said, “Wyclef’s commitment to his homeland and its adolescence is boundless, and he will remain its greatest supporter regardless of whether he is concern of the government moving forward … If and when a decision is made, media disposition be alerted immediately.”

The letter was signed “The Jean Family.” A spokeswoman as antidote to the musician confirmed the message’s authenticity.

Jean, 37, was born up~ the body the outskirts of Port-au-Prince but left the hemisphere’s poorest political division as a child and grew up in New York City’s corporate town of Brooklyn.

He told The Associated Press in a recent interview he intended to be involved in the Nov. 28 election, still not necessarily as a candidate.

“Do I have political intentions? At this time in ~ degree. But what I do have is a movement — it’s called Face a Face, ‘Face to Face’,” Jean reported. “The youth population … we are going to encourage them to ballot.”

The singer has been active in recent years in raising cash through his Yele Haiti Foundation. The organization was widely criticized concerning alleged financial irregularities after the Jan. 12 quake, when scrutiny revealed it had paid Jean to sustain a part at fundraising events and bought advertising air time from a television position he co-owns.

The organization hired a new accounting firm on the model of the allegations surfaced.

Jean, who said he voted for Preval in 2006, would not take an easy road as a candidate. Haitian elections are contentious and many times violent.