It was a "forecast error". This is how the mayor of Cáceres, Luis Salaya, justified this Wednesday the massive presence of the public that gathered on Tuesday to witness the recording of a program of the fifth season of 'MasterChef' in its 'Celebrity' edition in the Plaza Mayor of Cáceres . The vast majority of attendees failed to comply with the prevention regulations of phase 3 of the State of Alarm, in which the province of Cáceres is located, without respecting distance and, in some cases, without wearing a protective mask.

The images of the concentration of people have caused a flurry of criticism for the lack of responsibility in the fulfillment of social distancing, including those of the College of Doctors of Cáceres: "The coronavirus is still among us, so we must continue to be cautious and responsible . We must continue to show the exemplary nature of the last few months. Without the citizen collaboration and the professionalism and dedication of our health workers who have fought on the front line against Covid-19, we would not have reached the current situation, "said its president. Carlos Arjona after checking the images, for which he asked for "prudence and responsibility" because "there is still a risk of community transmission of the coronavirus."

The expectation of the arrival of the popular TVE program in the capital of Cáceres overflowed any type of forecast. The 14 Local Police officers gathered in the Plaza Mayor -in the center of the capital of Cáceres- it was physically impossible to prevent social distancing from being kept within a security perimeter established by the organization of the program, which included the fencing to prevent access to the recording set. The filming consisted of an outdoor test within the 'vip' contest that is scheduled to air next fall. Even the high temperatures and the concentration of the public caused some dizziness and a person had to be attended by health personnel.

From early in the morning, hundreds of people crowded practically next to the fences to try to greet the presenters Jordi Cruz , Pepe Rodríguez and Samantha Vallejo-Nágera or one of the 16 selected contestants, such as the humorist Florentino Fernández , the presenters Raquel Sánchez Silva and Raquel Meroño , ex-politician Celia Villalobos , actor Juan José Ballesta , presenter Gonzalo Miró , actresses María José Charro and Melani Olivares , stylist Josie , model Laura Sánchez or businesswoman Lucía Dominguín , among others.

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Before the appearance of the mayor next to the head of the Local Police on Wednesday, the municipal government was forced to issue a statement where he stood out from the events to try to clarify that "in no case was it a public event, but rather the private filming of a television program . " In this sense, he argued that at no time was there interest in the public coming to the immediate vicinity of the filming: "It was not the will of the City Council or the production company to advertise it, nor has there been a call to go to the immediate vicinity," he says.

The mayor has clarified this Wednesday that the public attendance was "spontaneous" and has defended that from the City Council there was no publicity for the recording and "everything possible was done to prevent the news of the recording from spreading . "

Salaya has acknowledged that "it was clearly a forecast error on our part and on the part of all of us who were involved in this event," said the mayor, who has asked for "forgiveness" for the images that have come out.

As for the device that was deployed, the head of the Local Police, Benedicto Cacho, has indicated that there were 14 agents who were ensuring compliance with security regulations, although the councilman has acknowledged that "they were not all those who I would like".

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In this sense, he explained when it was found that an "unforeseen agglomeration" of people was taking place, the solution that was considered was either to suspend the event, with what that would generate for the city, or to dissolve the people who had come. But given the presence among them of "many children and the elderly", it was decided to "guarantee" that "everyone" used the mask . "In the photos I have I have seen that practically all the people had a mask," said Cacho.

Salaya has lamented that "good news" for tourism and the local economy as the recording of "an extremely high impact program" advertising is tarnished by these "unfortunate images . " "Excuses are useless and the only thing that corresponds in my case is to apologize on behalf of the Cáceres City Council," said the mayor, who stressed that "we did not have the capacity to foresee this agglomeration but in the future we must act with efficiency if unforeseen events or situations occur, which can always happen, "he stressed.

The City of Caceres has paid 14,000 euros by recording in its edition Celebrity MasterChef. The program, as the mayor recalled, has 450 million viewers in 56 countries and audiences reaching 6 million viewers in Spain.

For his part, the municipal spokesman for the PP, Rafael Mateos, has pointed out that "the agglomerations produced leave more than clear the incompetence of the government team at the Cáceres City Council." The main opposition party has regretted that "the recording in our city of a program with so much projection at the national level, is clouded by negligence when it comes to ensuring the safety of the people of Cáceres and the lack of measures that guarantee health security, at a time when it is more than important that these situations do not occur, due to the health crisis we are going through. "

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