巴拿马总统瓦雷拉说，发生巴拿马文件丑闻后，巴拿马政府将设立一个独立委员会，对本国金融运作方式进行审查。
瓦雷拉星期三发表简短电视声明说，由“国内外专家”组成的委员会将评估巴拿马目前的金融业运作方式，并提出建议，以提高金融及法律系统的透明度。瓦雷拉表示，巴拿马将与其他国家分享有关建议，以便采取联合行动，全面提高经济领域的透明度。
与此同时，法国已将巴拿马列入世界避税港的“灰色名单”，并敦促国际经济合作与发展组织采取同样措施。
国际经济合作与发展组织秘书长古里亚说，巴拿马文件泄露事件显示，巴拿马经济领域容忍秘密运作方式，并称巴拿马是最后一个允许客户非法藏匿资产的重要司法管辖区。
Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela says the Panamanian government will create an independent commission to review the country’s financial practices in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal.
Varela said in a brief televised statement Wednesday that the commission will contain “domestic and international experts” to evaluate the country’s current practices and propose measures to strengthen transparency of financial and legal systems. Varela said Panama will share those recommendations with other countries so joint action can be taken to boost the overall transparency of the economic sector.
Meanwhile, France has added Panama to its “grey list” of world tax havens and is pushing for the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to do the same.
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria says the Panama Papers leak has shown the country’s economic sector tolerates a “culture of secrecy” and called it the last major jurisdiction allowing clients to hide money from legal authorities.