The Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy Elżbieta Rafalska was awarded in the "Politics" category for "efficient introduction of further programs significantly affecting the everyday life of Poles". The prize was picked up by the editor-in-chief of the Republika TV, Dorota Kania, and her deputy, Ryszard Gromadzki.

– There are many people on the Polish political scene who may have deserved the prize more. The most important is that a happy politician stands before you, and this does not happen so often. I was able to introduce social programs with the PiS government, I was a witness of how the day-to-day life of Polish families changed after the introduction of the "Family 500+" program. It is amazing. It was worth waiting for it throughout the whole life – said Minister Elżbieta Rafalska during the gala ceremony.

As she pointed out, politics is a team game. The head of the department of the family sent special thanks to the president of PiS Jarosław Kaczyński, who was the author of the project "Family 500+". – He was taking care of us to introduce the program as soon as possible. Thanks to him, this program is implemented in Poland. I would also like to thank Prime Minister Beata Szydło and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki for their trust. This cooperation is extremely important. We, as Prawo i Sprawidliwość, have broken the state's weakness and built the credibility of the grouping, which, as it says something, it implements it – emphasized Minister Elżbieta Rafalska. The head of the MRPiPS also gave special thanks to her colleagues – deputy ministers of the Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social policy, as well as the employees of the ministry who, with their hard work every day, participated in this success.

During the Thursday gala on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of Telewizja Republika in Galeria Porczyńskich in Warsaw, awards were given in such categories as "Politics", the winner of which was Minister Elżbieta Rafalska, "Culture" – president Zbigniew Jagiełło and White Kruk Publishing House, also Personality of the Year, which was awarded the Polish windsurfing champion Zofia Klepacka and the award of the Economic Council of the Free Word Zone for Artur Soboń, secretary of state in the Ministry of Investment.