 On the same day he announced the creation of a new judiciary tribunal and a high-level commission led by Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Stiglitz.There were accusations that foreign forces were attacking Panama because of Panama's "stable and robust economy".Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Vice President of Panama, said in an op-ed piece published April 21 in "The Guardian" that President Juan Carlos Varela and his administration have strengthened Panama's controls over money-laundering in the twenty months they have been in power, and that "Panama is setting up an independent commission, co-chaired by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, to evaluate our financial system, determine best practices, and recommend measures to strengthen global financial and legal transparency.