Meanwhile, the PJD-led government has not yet advanced a coherent strategy to fight corruption in Morocco.

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Conservative Muslims in Morocco, including many who voted for the PJD, understand this too.

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To be sure, the PJD is only six months into its first term as a governing coalition.

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All these actions have provoked reactions, which may be good for Moroccan democracy, though not for the PJD.

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Following the November 2011 elections, a new PJD-led government took power in January, ruling in a coalition based on a 27% parliamentary plurality.

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Elections to the lower house took place on 25 November 2011, with moderate Islamists from the Justice and Development Party (PJD) emerging as the winners.

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The mildly Islamist ruling AK party in Turkey is seen by the PJD as a model to emulate but accused by the Brotherhood of selling out.

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The PJD has placated nervous Western allies, too, especially France.

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The PJD has discarded its predecessors' hierarchical ways.

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Suddenly the PJD was on the defensive.

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In countries such as Morocco, where the Islamists are permitted to compete but never to win, voters are losing faith in the ability of the PJD to deliver even the mild reforms it proposes, such as more transparent and accountable government.

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