AFP, KATHMANDU: Nepal’s law-makers are expected to vote for a new president this week after political parties failed to agree Sunday on a candidate, the parliament’s spokesman said. The legislature is scheduled to vote on Wednesday for a replacement for Ram Baran Yadav as ceremonial head of state, as required under the new constitution. “The deadline for a consensus candidate today passed without a nomination, so an election will be held on Wednesday,” parliament spok-esman Bharat Gautam told AFP. Yadav was elected as the impoverished nation’s first president in 2008 following the abolition of the 240-year-old Hindu monarchy. He was initially supposed to hold office for only two years. But years of political wrangling delayed the preparation of and agreement on a new constitution.