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171:. During the 11th Legislature (2008–2013), he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Revenues and Land in the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Investment. He also served in that legislature as Minister for Fair Competition and Small Business and Consumers. He was again re-elected to Parliament in the 12th legislature (2013 elections) but remained in opposition as his party lost the general election.
207:. In the 2013 General Elections, he again obtained a seat in Parliament from the same Electoral District as he obtained 2308 first count votes and managed to get the quota of 3822 votes. Azzopardi failed to get elected in the 2022 General Elections. Jason Azzopardi resigned from the Nationalist Party following a dispute with party leader
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In 2021, Azzopardi and Delia both signed a shared statement recognising each other "as committed MPs in the fight against corruption brought about by the Labour administration". In this joint statement, Azzopardi stated that "Delia was not in any businessman's pocket and he fought against corruption
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Azzopardi has been a vocal critic of the Labour
Government's treatment of the inquiry and of its governance prior to and in the wake of Caruana Galizia's assassination. He has made claims linking various Labour Party politicians with Caruana Galizia's assassination or with an alleged cover-up of the
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without hindrance or compromise" and that "it did not result to him that hundreds of messages had been exchanged between Delia and Yorgen Fenech". Likewise, Delia recognised "the leading role being played by
Azzopardi against corruption cases, at personal risk to himself".
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In the 2008 general elections, he obtained 3321 first count votes and was elected in
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Caruana Galizia. He currently represents the Caruana Galizia family and acted as parte civile lawyer in the
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