Choice was never offered

I'm sorry Ms Beryl Robertson (Peninsula News, February 16) but the plebiscite of 1999 was never a choice between a monarchy or a republic for Australia.

Our then pro-monarchy Prime Minister Howard ensured that the simple choice was never offered to the public.

Instead we were offered a monarchy or a particular form of republic.

This split the pro-republic choice so that a genuine answer to a simple question of the one versus the other was simply not possible.

Kevin Wilson, Killcare