Azzopardi claims frame-up of tax official by civil service head and former police chief In House speech, Jason Azzopardi claims Mario Cutajar had tax official arrested to force him to resign post, with connivance of former police chief 2 March 2021, 7:18pm by Nicole Meilak Jason Azzopardi claims that (from top to bottom) Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar, former police commissioner Peter Paul Zammit and Robert Abela were involved in framing a tax official back in April 2013 The Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi has alleged a frame-up of a former tax official, by none other than the Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar and ex-Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit.