Leading Islamist party faces test in local Moroccan elections

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* Corruption, jobs at forefront of voters' minds * First local vote since king agreed limited reforms By Aziz El Yaakoubi IMIDER, Morocco, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Campaigning for Friday's local elections, Moroccan lawmaker Ahmed Sakdi made sure to hammer home his Islamist party's anti-corruption message to a few dozen voters listening to his speech in the desert town of Imider. Tur**ut may have been meagre, but Friday's vote in towns and villages across Morocco will pose an important test for Sakdi's Justice and Development Party (PJD), which leads Morocco's governing coalition. The local elections are the first since King Mohammed put forward a new constitution and devolved some of his powers to stifle protests that erupted in 2011 when three other **rth African nations -- Tunisia, Egypt and Libya -- all toppled their autocratic rulers.

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