The long years of military rule have left pandemic corruption in Panama, and the country has the reputation as an open center for international finance where money can be freely laundered. It is a situation which requires any who tackle it to have surpassing qualities of deter mination and political savvy.
由於軍政府長期掌政，政風敗壞，積弊已深，加上巴拿馬以自由金融中心聞名，洗錢等犯罪歪風盛行，因此要想防治貪污，實在要有過人的勇氣和政治智慧才能勝任，鄭道華也只能藉著中國老祖宗強調的「誠信」、「勇於任事」來自勉了。