Lack of commitment, leadership and vision within the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) is what, according to the expert jurist in maritime law and pre-candidate for the presidency for the free candidacy, Francisco Paco Carreira, considers that it is affecting the image of Panama in maritime matters.
The lawyer denounced that there are currently 282,000 Filipino sailors working on Panamanian ships that have displaced the national labor force because for many years Panama eliminated the obligation to speak English in maritime careers, therefore Panamanian sailors they are lagging behind
“If they don’t speak English they will never have the opportunity to enter the ships,” he said, assuring that the law of 10% of foreign labor is not being respected and the number of personnel that seems best to the companies is being hired. shipping companies because there is no authority to stop them.
“For me there is a totally marginal, inadequate administration, because the AMP is really like a collection agency for what is due for lending the Panamanian flag to international shipping,” he added.
Carreira also referred to the irregular actions within the entity such as granting flags without the ships meeting the requirements and issuing licenses excessively and said that all this is due to the fact that those who campaigned enter the public administration and not really those who they are duly prepared to fill the positions.
He stressed that it is important to eliminate the modality of appointing ministers and officials within the boards of directors since these people do not attend the meetings and anyone makes the decisions for them.
“They are only appointed to collect the diets and they do not fulfill their functions,” he specified.
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