COMMENT | Once in a while, someone in parliament gives you renewed faith in the political class and a degree of hope for safeguarding the future of Malaysia. That person is the Warisan MP for Kota Belud, Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis.

Isnaraissah may be tiny in stature but possesses enormous grit and a tenacious fighting spirit.

Yesterday, she locked horns with Dewan Rakyat speaker Azhar Azizan Harun who rejected her request to debate the seizure of Petronas assets by descendants of the self-proclaimed Sulu Sultanate.

Azhar claimed that the matter had been discussed at length in the last Dewan Rakyat sitting, but Isnaraissah was like a dog with a bone. She refused to budge, despite the speaker’s pleas and eventual threats to suspend her.

She stood her ground because she wanted a confirmed date for the debate.

She did not feel inclined to stop when the Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan plodded on with...