postpone

According to his opponents, Kabila is trying to amend the Constitution, and is postponing the elections to stay in power.
C’est pourquoi, après avoir cherché, jusqu’ici en vain, de réviser la Constitution, il serait maintenant sur le point, selon ses opposants, de reporter les élections afin de conserver le pouvoir.
Now France, for instance, is postponing the dismantling for 50 years, England is doing so for a whole 100 years, so I do not know how these costs can be calculated.
A présent, la France, par exemple, prévoit une durée de vie de 50 ans, l'Angleterre de 100 ans même, et, dans ce cas, je ne sais pas comment on entend faire des estimations.
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