Ledesma adds that where the secretary of justice exercises his power of review only after an

Information has been filed, trial courts should defer or suspend arraignment and further proceedings
until the appeal is resolved. On this note, the MTCC was thus correct when it suspended the proceedings
in view of the appeal taken by respondents to the resolution of the Regional State Prosecutor. As
observed by the CA, the suspension of the proceedings by the MTCC was done in the exercise of its
jurisdiction. [Verzano, Jr. vs. Paro, 627 SCRA 209(2010)]