Housing Minister Natan Sharansky (Yisrael B'Aliya) has sent an urgent letter to Chief Justice Aharon Barak, complaining about the performance of Justice Mishael Cheshin as Chairman of the Central Elections Committee. Sharansky writes that Cheshin is too proactive, and that his statements such as, "I am not afraid of the Prime Minister," strike a "death blow at the fabric of the democratic regime and the status of the Supreme Court."