Comme nous le craignions et le supposions dès le début, l' importance de la panne, selon les techniciens et étant donné le temps que cela dure, est jour après jour plus préoccupante.
As we have feared and supposed since the start, according to the technicians, the significance of the damage is increasing daily with the passage of time.
Les élections d'avril et de mai se sont déroulées dans ce contexte et, comme nous le craignions, il s'est agi d'une farce, comme le reconnaissent et le dénonce ceux qui ont suivi la situation.
It was under those circumstances that the elections of April and May were held and, as we feared, they turned out to be a farce, and were recognised and denounced as such by anyone looking on.