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‘Professionals must be regulated’ – Richard C. de Castro
He was speaking on last Saturday’s October 17, 2015 Speak Your Mind show aired on JTV Live.
“Ladies and gentlemen we’re at that stage of our development where we can and I am sure we will do these things. We need to put the framework in place for our professional people so that they can develop properly and have a good career and a good practice and something that the younger people can emulate. We should promote excellence and the idea of moving from one level to a higher level.”
Mr de Castro opined that the territory is changing and also developing and when this is the case sometimes persons are exposed to more risk. He said one thing that the government and the people should always be conscious of is minimising risk and one of the ways of minimising risk is to put a framework in place to regulate the conduct of professionals.
“Some people don’t like regulation,” he said. “Regulation sounds like Government coming down on you and telling you what to do.”
The talk show host said he prefers to deal with it as a matter of a framework in which there are articles laid out that say what professionals can and can’t do. It must also lay out what the penalties and consequences so that everyone understands what is expected and adheres to what is expected. This he said would also guide young persons who might be thinking of taking up those professions.
Mr de Castro is also of the view that it only makes sense to put the framework in place to ensure that everybody that approaches or [engages] in the services are fairly compensated for what they are doing and also that the persons who use the service get what they pay for.
He reasoned that the issue of licencing and regulating of professionals are connected to the issue of consumer protection.
“How do we protect our people from things that go bad? We know Murphy’s Law which says if something can go wrong it will go wrong in any given set of circumstances,” said de Castro.
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20 Responses to “‘Professionals must be regulated’ – Richard C. de Castro”
Get licensed professionals, in our school, hospital and don't get me started about our Government offices.
Think about who may be reading and seeing the level of hatred being displayed among our own people.
A guy was thrown out of PWD because he refused to take up a free but necessary Management program. He felt that his architectural and technology degrees were enough for him to manage the department.