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A Deputy Minister for the Interior, James Agalga has fired salvos at the Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, describing his claim that the Supreme Court�s 5:4 Majority decision implies �President Mahama was not validly elected� as one that �smacks of ignorance of the law�. The DI Executive Director stirred the hornet's nest with his assertion that the court mistakenly read out a reversed judgment. According to him, after a careful study of the 588 page-long ruling, he believes five of the judges agreed with the petitioners' case as against four for the first respondent, John Dramani Mahama. Otchere-Darko, in a six-page statement suggested that what the Supreme Court did was "as if the Court�s main duty was to uphold the presidency of John Mahama rather than to uphold the Constitution of the Republic". But the Deputy Interior Minister opines Gabby�s claims are �dangerous� and a �distortion of facts which should not countenance at all�. To him, the interpretation and twist being given to the ruling by Asare Otchere-Darko is meant to pollute the minds of the general public which can eventually lead to confusion. �This position Gabby has taken has the potential to confuse the public,� Hon. Agalga argued on Metro TV�s �Good Morning Ghana�.