преступно долго polit.

[nixie]

контекст:
Правительство преступно долго пассивно наблюдало за ухудшением ситуации в стране

Помогите, пожалуйста, перевести это выражение на английский.
Спасибо!

[grachik]

The government passive observation of the country aggravating situation was offending

[PERPETRATOR™]

В лоб:
The government has been doing nothing about the worsening of the situation in the country for a criminally long time.

[leka11]

government remained inert and observed ....inexcusably long

[x-z]

+

The government has been procrastinating in observing the deteriorating situation in the country.

[Karabas]

Может быть, заменить "преступно" на "непозволительно"? А то "criminally" звучит уж слишком буквально.

PS. leka11 +1

[natasha396]

Tthe government was unforgivably tardy, doing nothing about the deteriorating situation in the country.

[10rx]

remained criminally aloof