Shafie, the Semporna lawmaker and former cabinet minister said the Registrar of Societies (RoS) had also approved the party’s logo.

Former PKR lawmaker Darell Leiking will be the party’s No.2 while Peter Anthony, Jaujan Sambakong and Junz Wong were named as vice presidents with Loretto S Padua Jr named its secretary-general.

Shafie said Warisan will work with anyone, including other opposition parties, as long as they have a common goal of defeating the Barisan Nasional.

“What is important is not whether the parties can unite, but whether we can unite the people.

“You can have thousands of parties but if the people are not united it will be useless,” he said outside the RoS office, accompanied by Leiking and Moyog assemblyman Terence Siambun.

Shafie had previously said he wanted to take over a Sabah-based political party as a platform to challenge Barisan Nasional in the next general election.

The former Umno vice president had quit the party on July 4, after the Umno Supreme Council suspended his membership on June 24 for allegedly collaborating with the opposition.

Shafie was dropped from the cabinet last year for criticising the mismanagement at 1MDB which raked up billions of ringgit in debt.

He set up Warisan after turning down an offer to join former Umno leaders, Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin, in their new party, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM).

Leiking resigned from PKR on Sept 21 where he was its vice president while Wong quit DAP earlier this month before signing up with Shafie at Warisan.