The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Duma Boko has berated and called irresponsible the decision by Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) MPs to deny him a chance to present a motion calling for the amendment of section 4 of the Court of Appeal Act. Boko was on Friday scheduled to present a motion to Parliament which read; “That parliament resolves to amend section 4 of the Court of Appeal act by providing that the Court of Appeal shall in addition to the judges provided for in the Constitution, consist of not more than fifteen (15) Justices of Appeal who shall be citizens of Botswana and who shall be appointed pursuant to an open, transparent and objective process involving public advertisement of vacancies and public hearings in respect of all short listed applicants”. Following his indication to the speaker of Parliament that he had interest in presenting a definite matter of urgent public importance (the motion), the speaker sought clearance from the House which resulted in a division, hence calling for a vote. The ruling party MPs with favour of their numbers voted against the motion. Speaking in an interview after the motion was defeated Boko bemoaned what he termed the ruling…