If shit is served, people will know it is shit, regardless of how the waiter describe it. People are not stupid when it comes to their overall well being.
I think a significant part of populace is convinced that more opposition is necessary to keep pap in check. This has yielded good results as evident after 2011 GE. The only way pap can debunk this notion is to make peasants' lives tougher as more opposition is voted in. But this can only backfire. So pap has no choice other than to accept more opposition votes.