This is the warning voiced by PNCR leader Robert Corbin in an address to the nation aired on Channel 9 on Wednesday evening and rebroadcast on Channel 6 yesterday.

He voiced his party's unequivocal denunciation of "all forms of criminal activity and... its support to a lawful solution to this criminal enterprise".

"The PNCR wishes to assure all Guyanese that we are committed to the development of Guyana and that we have no desire to see violence in any form, against any person or group of persons in any place", Corbin asserted, adding, "the PNCR can derive no political benefit from promoting ethnic division in the country."

He pledged too that under his leadership the PNCR "will continue to put Guyana first."

In his broadcast Corbin expressed concern about criminal activity threatening the lives of citizens across the country. "The violent kidnapping of citizens as they pursue their business; the bullet-riddled bodies strewn along the very streets our children must walk each day; the terrifying raids on households in various villages," were activities that must be stopped, he said.

Corbin expressed concern "about the psychological scars that are being left on the minds of men, women and children as they are forced to witness the blood and gore that have become an everyday sight."