Is Rabbi Ovadia Yosef being told the truth?

I have mentioned on numerous occasions that Shas is being pressured to leave the Olmert-Barak-Livni junta and yet it continues to stay ostensibly because its spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (pictured, top left), keeps telling it to do so. But what if Rabbi Yosef is not being told the truth about the government's actions? What if Shas' politicians - out of greed or hubris or for whatever