In August 2009, Stephenson wrote in a diplomatic cable that Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli had asked her for wiretaps on his political opponents, and she complained of his "bullying style" and "autocratic tendencies".
In May 2009, Panama held its general elections and selected Ricardo Martinelli as president.
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President Ricardo Martinelli had promised to implement a flat tax system with a flat tax of 10% and which promised to raise revenues, put inflation under control and which will allow enormous real wage gains.
In October 2012, the President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli suggested that he was considering making the euro an official currency of the country to go along with the US dollar.
He then moves forward and joins forces with his rival in the presidential run, the incumbent President Ricardo Martinelli, and on May 3, 2009 takes the office as Vice-President of Panama.
The governor of the province is Omaira "Mayín" Correa, a former mayor of Panama City and appointed by President Martinelli after he was sworn in on July 1, 2009.
Ricardo Martinelli was the candidate of the opposition Democratic Change, also supported by the Patriotic Union Party, the Panameñista Party and the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement.
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