Sentence:  The one certainty is that the redrafting will delay by several months the general election that was supposed to be held at the end of this year. Mr Prayuth has implied that elections cannot now be held until after King Vajiralongkorn's coronation, which itself cannot take place until after his father's elaborate cremation, scheduled for October. All this <WSD>boots</WSD> the long-promised polls well into 2018. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To kick.