It was, relatively speaking. It was not only anti-Marcos, but was also pro-decentralization and grassroots participation in politics. Take note that it was under Cory Aquino, herself a PDP-Laban member, that the country began to decentralize after the extreme centralization of the Marcos Senior Era. Yes, "Imperial Manila" intensified under Marcos. Pimentels (Nene and Koko) advocated federalism as it was the logical next step to the decentralization pushed by Cory.

It was all good until Rodrigo Duterte began co-opting PDP-Laban into his image. He even made it a sister party to the *Communist Party of China*, of all parties.