Pakistani lawmakers have elected Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to become Pakistan’s next president, replacing General Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month.

Asif Ali Zardari: “Today, Pakistan Peoples Party has completed a great road block, has gone over a great road block to complete the democratic process. I congratulate the nation, I congratulate the Parliaments. It is the philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in which we believe, which says democracy is the best revenge, the revenge from the dictators in the form of democracy.”

Asif Ali Zardari has little experience governing and has spent eleven years in jail on corruption charges. He will be sworn in on Tuesday.