Following two days of backlash that included public rebukes from the former city manager and the incoming speaker of the Florida House, Miami City Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela now wants to rescind this week’s controversial vote where commissioners approved lifetime pensions for themselves.

Miami's part-time elected officials voted to reinstate a lifetime pension program that was suspended during the 2009 financial crisis.

Miami commissioners voted Tuesday to give themselves lifetime pensions. The 3-2 vote by commissioners revives a pension program that was ended in 2009 amid the financial crisis. Commissioners and the city's mayor would become eligible for a pension after serving seven years in office.

The in-your-face pay-to-play corruption in the city is beyond anything I’ve seen in my life,” said the former city manager.