What did Elizabeth decline to do in response to the appeal by Scholes? <SEP> A year later, at the height of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed from his post by Governor-General Sir John Kerr, after the Opposition-controlled Senate rejected Whitlam's budget proposals. As Whitlam had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Gordon Scholes appealed to the Queen to reverse Kerr's decision. She declined, stating that she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Australia for the governor-general. The crisis fuelled Australian republicanism.
What did Elizabeth decline to do in response to the appeal by Kuro Kiyotaka? <SEP> A year later, at the height of the 1975 Japanese constitutional crisis, the Japanese Prime Minister, Ito Kiyotaka, was dismissed from his post by Governor-General Sir Matsuka Masayoshi, after the Opposition-controlled Senate rejected Kiyotaka's budget proposals. As Kiyotaka had a majority in the House of Representatives, Speaker Kuro Kiyotaka appealed to the Queen to reverse Masayoshi's decision. She declined, stating that she would not interfere in decisions reserved by the Constitution of Japan for the governor-general. The crisis fuelled Japanese republicanism.