2009 was a year of elections for Panama. Candidate from the Alliance for Change（Alianza por el Cambio）Ricardo Martinelli won the presidential election by large margin and his coalition got majority in Congress. During the first half year in office，the government adopted active measures in terms of public security，transportation，family basket，minimum salary，employment and electricity rate etc. Economic growth slowed down and activities were not as dynamic as expected because of impacts of financial crisis. Social stability was generally maintained，real salary was kept stable while unemployment went upward and corruption stayed serious. On diplomatic front，Panama tried actively to get US congress approve the FTA deal and poised to withdraw from Central American Parliament.