Monday's decision was made based on appeals filed by the conservative Popular Party (PP) and the centre-right political party Ciudadanos against Puigdemont, Comín and Ponsatí — all considered on the run from police in Spain after Catalonia's failed declaration of independence on October 27, 2017.
The PP and Ciudadanos said that since they were not residing in Spain and were not registered in the census of Spanish citizens living abroad, "neither of them fulfilled the conditions" to be candidates in a democratic election.
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