Law Proposal Coming to Allow for Only One Chief Rabbi

A few months back, when the elections for the Chief Rabbinate were getting underway, Minister of Religious Affairs Naftali Bennet said that he is in favor of changing the system of the Chief Rabbinate from two Chief Rabbis to one. He said then that he would work towards that goal, but only after the current election, so as not to change the rules in the middle of the game.
The rabbinate elections are behind us, and Bennet is keeping his word. Bennet and Justice Minister Tzippi Livni are working together, along with Deputy Minister Rav Eli Ben Dahan, have gotten together and submitted a plan to amend the current law. (They submitted what is called a "tazkir chok", which is a preparatory submission for the eventual law proposal)
The details of the proposal can be seen in the document submitted, but the part relevant to us is that they say just as there is one prime minister, one president, one Supreme Court president, one Chief of Staff, etc., so the time has also come for one Chief Rabbi for one nation..
(source: Ynet and Walla)
Both Bennet and Livni posted to their Facebook pages about this. I think it is a great idea that is way past overdue.
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