Manila 2nd District Congressman Rolan Valeriano said he is challenging former Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso to undergo a lie detector test following the release of the video where Domagoso accused him and 3rd District Congressman Joel Chua of treating him badly.

In the said video, Domagoso allegedly claimed that he, along with former Councilor Letlet Zarcal, met with the two Congressmen and there, the two allegedly told him in raised voices that they would rather give the mayoral post to another candidate, just not him.

He said Domagoso had come out with a different version of the meeting.

Valeriano and Chua said that no such incident happened during the said meeting, adding that they parted ways amicably and even continued addressing Domagoso as “boss.”

Valeriano and Chua are two of the five congressmen in Manila allied with Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan out of the six congressmen in the city.

He said that this could be the possible reason why Domagoso is trying to destroy them in the eyes of the public.

The two congressmen have vocally expressed belief that the mayor can better lead the city in the years to come.

The congressman lamented how Domagoso plunged Manila into a P17.8 billion debt and left the city for his presidential ambition when he decided to run for president in 2022 despite having two more terms left for mayor.

He also resented Domagoso's solo decision to run for mayor, saying everyone who treated him as family, both personally and politically, were "kept in the dark" as to his plans to run against the incumbent mayor, whom they said did nothing wrong to him, continued and even enhanced all his projects, and retained all his appointees.